The convening power of food as growth machine politics
A study of food policymaking and partnership formation in Baltimore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10859653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie Bedore (Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 2979-2995 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0042098013516685 |
| OpenAlex | W2122891286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 41 |
Why do some partnerships form successfully while others fail? Much has been written about the conditions for successful partnership formation, however the qualities of the policy issue itself have rarely been central to this debate. Drawing on qualitative research about a food policymaking initiative in Baltimore, Maryland, this article explores the ‘convening power’ of food as a policy topic, and the relationship between civic capital and the politics of urban growth in horizontal partnerships. Drawing from Nelles’ framework for inter-municipal cooperation, and Logan and Molotch’s urban growth machine model, the article presents a set of conditions for successful partnership formation that elaborates on the underlying urban growth consensus that drives civic capital in the city. Baltimore’s food policy efforts suggest that a policy issue may show greater ‘partnerability’ when an initiative can generate both exchange and use value, thereby appealing widely to the local growth coalition and other stakeholders
Capital (architecture · Capital city · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Urban planning · Urban policy · Engineering · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture · Public Administration · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Planning and Governance
The state as democratic growth coalition
“Good healthy food for all”
L’alimentation, un enjeu de justice sociale
Another Provision
LGBTQ + Grassroots Activists’ Perspectives on Banning Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
Who Speaks for (and Feeds) the Community? Competing Definitions of “Community” in the Austin, TX, Urban Farm Debate
Re-scaling the politics of food
It’s hard to be strategic when your hair is on fire”
Trans-Governance and Food Systems (Tr-GaF) for food policy integration
Playing the policy game
Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access
Reframing the foodscape
It's about time
Exploring the Association Between Minimum Wage Policy, Income Inequality, and Obesity Rates in US Counties
Feeding the City
Municipal Food Strategies and Integrated Approaches to Urban Agriculture
The Food System
Enacting Leadership for Collaborative Advantage
Leadership in the Shaping and Implementation of Collaboration Agendas
Nurturing Collaborative Relations
Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore
Availability of healthy foods and dietary patterns
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
From Managerialism to Entrepreneurialism
Austerity urbanism
Effects of mobility and location on food access
(Re)Presenting Baltimore
Placing the food system on the urban agenda
The Political Economy of Growth Machines
The Social Organization of a Land-Based Elite
Downtown Redevelopment as an Urban Growth Strategy
Becoming a Creative City
Urban Politics Reconsidered
Social Capital and Localised Learning
Hollowing Out Neighbourhood Governance? Rescaling Revitalisation in Baltimore and Bristol
The Design and Implementation of Cross‐Sector Collaborations
Ambiguity, Complexity and Dynamics in the Membership of Collaboration
Making Democracy Work
Social justice and the city
The Character and Consequences of Growth Regimes
L'urbanisation du capital
Regions unbound
Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice
Cooperation and Capacity? Exploring the Sources and Limits of City-Region Governance Partnerships
The Infrastructural Limits to Growth
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
The City as a Growth Machine
| Citations per year | 1.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |