Linking Food Democracy and Sustainability on the Ground
Learnings from the Study of Three Alternative Food Networks in Brussels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13054331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | François Lohest (Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Tom Bauler (0000-0003-3958-0818, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Solène Sureau (0000-0002-7358-863X, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Joris Van Mol (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Wouter Achten (0000-0001-7771-2573, Université Libre de Bruxelles) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 21-31 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-2463 • E-ISSN: 2183-2463 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/pag.v7i4.2023 |
| OpenAlex | W2981622118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
The article explores and discusses, both conceptually and empirically, the exercise of food democracy in the context of three alternative food networks (AFNs) in Brussels, Belgium. It demonstrates that food democracy can be described as a “vector of sustainability transition”. The argumentation is built on the results of a 3.5-year participatory-action research project that configured and applied a sustainability assessment framework with the three local AFNs under study. Firstly, the article presents a localized understanding of food democracy. Food democracy is defined as a process aiming to transform the current food system to a more sustainable one. This transformation process starts from a specific point: the people. Indeed, the three AFNs define and implement concrete processes of power-configuration to alter the political, economic, and social relationships between consumers and producers as well as between retailers and producers. Secondly, the article assesses and discusses how the three AFNs perform these practices of food democracy and what effects these have on the actors concerned. The assessment shows that the three AFNs distinguish themselves along a gradient of their transformative potential in terms of practices. However, this variation in their interpretation of food democracy does not translate into a gradient of performance
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |