Expanding Well-Being by Participating in Grassroots Innovations
Using the Capability Approach to Explore the Interest of Alternative Food Networks for Community Social Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergio Belda-Miquel (0000-0003-0164-5487, Departament de Treball Social i Serveis Socials, Facultat de Ciències Socials, Planta 2, Office 1D10 Universitat de València. Av. dels Tarongers , 4B, València 46021, Spain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3618-3638 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcab267 |
| OpenAlex | W4206772681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
Grassroots social innovations are citizen-led initiatives that develop bottom-up solutions to societal challenges. Alternative food networks (AFNs) are innovations which propose alternative schemes for distribution and consumption of food—such as community-based agriculture or food cooperatives—which can improve the well-being of participants. Its potential for social work and social services has been recognised, but remains underexplored. This paper proposes a theoretical framework based on the capability approach in order to explore the impacts, drivers and factors at play in the expansion of well-being in participants in AFNs. This framework is applied to address seven cases of different kind of AFNs in Valencia (Spain) and to explore implications and strands of action so community social services can make use of AFNs. The study draws on information from thirteen interviews with participants of AFNs, local experts and policymakers; from secondary sources and from participant observation. It deductively uses the categories in the framework and inductively identifies specific capabilities, drivers and factors. The results show that AFNs expand well-being in several aspects of human experience. They are highly diverse, from more reformist to more radical, so they can mobilise different publics. Social services can benefit from this impact and diversity
Business · Consumption (sociology) · Diversity (politics) · Grassroots · Political science · Public relations · Social innovation · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Engineering · Marketing · Organic Food and Agriculture · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Growing Grassroots Innovations
Grassroots innovation
The capability approach in social work research
Social innovation in question
Ecosocial innovations enabling social work to promote new forms of sustainable economy
Social work and sustainable rural development
The relationship between social work and environmental sustainability
Mechanisms for participation in the public system of social services in Spain
Community work and citizen activism as a response to the crisis in Spain
Social economy
Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements
Capabilities, Lists, and Public Reason
Choosing a Food Future
The sustainability promise of alternative food networks
Responsibility and agency within alternative food networks
The city in the country
Social Innovation and Social Work
Not only Eating Together
Why Only Some Lifestyle Activists Avoid State-Oriented Politics
Desperately seeking niches
The Capability Approach
Grassroots innovations for sustainable development
Social Work and the Challenges of the Green Economy
Capabilitarianism
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |