Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System

Name: Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138063099
Price: 341.0 NZD
Availability: InStock

Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

0.0 (0 reviews)

Summary

Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System explores the complex debates surrounding sustainability in the industrial agrifood system, which is currently facing ecological, economic, and social challenges. The book examines competing visions ranging from incremental reform to radical transformation, focusing on themes such as food sovereignty, social justice, fair trade, food security, efficiency, and free trade. It also sheds light on the influence of governance, power, and politics on sustainability narratives, supported by case studies from across Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, and the USA.
Read More

Format: Hardback

$341⁰⁰

AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System

$341⁰⁰

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book is ideal for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in sustainable agriculture, food systems, environmental governance, and social justice within the agrifood sector.

This book documents and engages competing visions and contested discourses of agrifood sustainability, from the incremental/reformist to transformation/radical continuum for alternative agrifood movements, particularly agroecology and sustainable intensification, with case studies from around the world.

Description

The industrial agrifood system is in crisis regarding its negative ecological, economic, and social externalities: it is unsustainable on all dimensions. Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System documents and engages competing visions and contested discourses of agrifood sustainability.

Using an incremental/reformist to transformation/radical continuum framework for alternative agrifood movements, this book identifies tensions between competing discourses that stress food sovereignty, social justice, and fair trade and those that emphasize food security, efficiency, and free trade. In particular, it highlights the role that governance processes play in sustainability transitions and the ways that power and politics affect sustainability visions and discourses.

The book includes chapters that review sustainability discourses at the macro and meso levels, as well as case studies from Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, and the USA.

Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

View all

Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System

Hardback

$341⁰⁰

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138063099

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 July 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 6 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Douglas H. Constance
Edited by Jason T. Konefal
Edited by Maki Hatanaka

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 594g

Pages: 314

Collections

Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

About the Author

Douglas H. Constance is Professor of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA.

Jason T. Konefal is Associate Professor of Sociology, at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA.

Maki Hatanaka is Associate Professor of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA.

Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System