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Author:   Cordula Kropp ,  Irene Antoni-Komar ,  Colin Sage
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367674229

ISBN 10:   036767422
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   29 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"1. Grassroots initiatives in food system transformation: the role of food movements in the second ‘Great Transformation’ PART I Transformative food movements 2. Women, agroecology and ""real food"" in Brazil: from national movement to local practice 3. Alternative food politics: the production of urban food spaces in Leipzig (Germany) and Nantes (France) 4. Co-designing cities: urban gardening projects and the conflict between self-determination and administrative restrictions in German cities PART II Transformative food economies 5. Food cooperatives as diverse re-embedding forces: a multiple case study in Belgium 6. Innovating locally for global transformation: intermediating fluid, agroecological solutions – examples from France, the USA, Benin and South America 7. Cost effects of local food enterprises: supply chains, transaction costs and social diffusion PART III Transformative local networks 8. Transformative communities in Germany: working towards a sustainable food supply through creative doing and collaboration 9. Context-specific notions and practices of ‘solidarity’ in food procurement networks in Lombardy (Italy) and Massachusetts (USA) 10. Transformative governance and food practices for sustainability in and by ecovillages: a German case study 11. An anthropological reflection on urban gardening through the lens of citizenship"

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Cordula Kropp is a sociologist and an expert for sustainability research, science technology studies, social innovation, technology and risk assessments. She is professor of sociology of environment and technology at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and director of the Research Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS). Irene Antoni-Komar is a cultural scientist and a research associate at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. She works on sustainable food economy and transdisciplinary research and is co-editor of Transformative Unternehmen und die Wende in der Ernährungswirtschaft (2019). Colin Sage is an independent scholar who works on the interconnections of food systems, environment and prospects for greater civic engagement around food. He is the author of Environment and Food (2012) and co-editor of Food Transgressions (2014) and Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability (2017).

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