Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System by Douglas H. Constan

Description: Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System by Douglas H. Constance, Maki Hatanaka, Jason T. Konefal 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. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The industrial agrifood system is in crisis regarding its negative ecological, economic, and social externalities: it is unsustainable on all dimensions. This book 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. Author Biography 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. Table of Contents PART I: Introduction 1. Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System: An Overview PART II: Framing the Contested Discourse 2. Sustainable Intensification: Agroecological Appropriation or Contestation? 3. Sustainable Intensification as a Sociotechnical Imaginary 4. Agrifood Discourses and Feeding the World: Unpacking Sustainable Intensification 5. Sustainability as the Civil Commons: Laying the Groundwork for Sustainable Agriculture Part III: Contested Discourses in Theory and Practice 6. Zero Hunger Discourse: Neoliberal, Progressive, Reformist or Radical? 7. Greenwashing the Animal-industrial Complex: Sustainable Intensification and the Livestock Revolution 8. Are Food Quality Schemes an Alternative to the Conventional Food System? Reflections on the EU Metaphors on Agrifood Quality Regulation 9. Discourses on Sustainability in the French Farming Sector: The Redefinition of a Consensual and Knowledge-intensive "Agroecology" 10. Dueling Discourses of Sustainability: Neo-Conventional and Organic Farming on the Canadian Prairies 11. Contested Sustainability Discourses as Lived Experience: Conflicted Feelings Towards Meat in Consumers Narratives and Life Stories Part IV: Contested Agrifood Governance 12. Shifting Visions of Sustainability in the United States Agriculture: A Case Study of the Role of Multi-Stakeholder Governance 13. Understanding the Challenge of Problem Definition in Multistakeholder Initiatives: Lessons from Sustainability Policy Frames in Canadian Non-State Food Strategies 14. Standardizing "Unused" Land: The Politics of Indicators in Land Classification 15. Justifying the Standardization of Sustainability Impact Part V: Conclusion 16. Fault Lines in Sustainability: Contestation, Cooptation, Reform, and Transformation Details ISBN0367589362 Pages 314 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2020 ISBN-10 0367589362 ISBN-13 9780367589363 Publication Date 2020-08-14 UK Release Date 2020-08-14 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-08-14 NZ Release Date 2020-08-14 Series Earthscan Food and Agriculture Author Jason T. Konefal Edited by Jason T. Konefal Alternative 9781138063099 DEWEY 338.1 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141892947;

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