The political economy of food system transformation : pathways to progress in a polarized world / / edited by Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (461 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.19
• Soggetto topico: Food supply - Political aspects; Food supply - Economic aspects; Farming and Country Life; Industry & industrial studies
• Persona (resp. second.): ResnickDanielle <1980->; SwinnenJohan F. M. <1962->
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2023.; At foot of title: International Food Policy Research Institute.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Political Economy of Food System Transformation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Complexities Underlying Food System Transformation -- 1.3 Political Economy Drivers of Policy Choices -- 1.4 Summary of the Book -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- 2. Facts, Interests, and Values: Identifying Points of Convergence and Divergence for Food Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Facts -- 2.3 Interests -- 2.4 Values -- 2.5 Interests versus Values -- 2.6 Policy Controversies -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3. The Political Economy of Reforming Agricultural Support Policies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Current Agricultural Support and Its Impacts -- 3.3 Political Economy Framework for Reform -- 3.4 Case Studies of Agricultural Support Policy Reforms -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- 4. From Re-instrumenting to Re-purposing Farm Support Policies -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Evolving Objectives of Agrifood Policy Instrument Choices -- 4.3 Basic Welfare Economics of Agrifood Policy Instruments -- 4.4 Contributions of Various Policy Instruments to National Producer and Consumer Support Estimates -- 4.5 Contributors to the Global Costs of Present Forms of Support to Agriculture -- 4.6 How Best to Re-purpose Current Agrifood Policies -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5. Policy Coalitions in Food Systems Transformation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Policy Coalitions and Effectiveness of Collective Action -- 5.3 Vertical Policy Coalitions Along the Value Chains -- 5.4 Cross-Issue Coalitions -- 5.5 Globalization and Transnational Coalitions -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References. ; 6. Government Response to Ultra-Processed and Sugar Beverages Industries in Developing Nations: The Need to Build Coalitions across Policy Sectors -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Politics of Policy of the Food Sector: Multiple Streams Analysis and Future Insights -- 6.3 Contrasting Global Attention and Support for NCD Policies -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References -- 7. Ultra-Processed Food Environments: Aligning Policy Beliefs from the State, Market, and Civil Society -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Research Methods -- 7.3 Identification of Policy Discourse Coalitions -- 7.4 Discussion -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8. Asymmetric Power in Global Food System Advocacy -- 8.1 Contrasting Food Policy Objectives -- 8.2 Combining Theories of Public Policy -- 8.3 Evolving Ideas in the International Nutrition Space -- 8.4 Bringing the Global to the Local -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9. The Political Economy of Bundling Socio-Technical Innovations to Transform Agri-Food Systems -- 9.1 The Imperative and Challenge of Agri-Food Systems Transformation -- 9.2 Why Socio-Technical Bundles? -- 9.3 Building Coalitions for Bundling: Insights from the Kaldor-Hicks Compensation Principle -- 9.4 The Roles of Institutions, Power, Information, and Trust -- 9.5 Some Empirical Illustrations -- 9.6 Conclusion -- References -- 10. Sustainable Food and Farming: When Public Perceptions Depart from Science -- 10.1 The Political Economy of Science Acceptance in Farming -- 10.2 Defining Sustainable Food -- 10.3 Case 1: "Green Revolution" Farming -- 10.4 Case 2: Industrial Farming -- 10.5 Case 3: Organic Food -- 10.6 Case 4: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) -- 10.7 When Will Popular Resistance Block Uptake? -- 10.8 Will CRISPR Crops Become GMO 2.0? -- 10.9 Conclusion: Even Unpopular Science Reaches Farmers, Most of the Time -- References. ; 11. Enabling Positive Tipping Points in Public Support for Food System Transformation: The Case of Meat Consumption -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Existing Literature on Public Opinion on Sustainable Food Policy -- 11.3 Theoretical Argument -- 11.4 Methods Used in Survey-Embedded Experiments -- 11.5 Results -- 11.6 Combined Framing and Policy Design Effects -- 11.7 Discussion and Research Outlook -- 11.8 Conclusion -- References -- 12. Urban Food Systems Governance in Africa: Toward a Realistic Model for Transformation -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Governance of African Urban Systems and Food Systems -- 12.3 Food Governance in African Cities -- 12.4 Disrupting Food and Urban Governance-Misalignment in Global Processes -- 12.5 Emerging Global Urban Food Governance Processes -- 12.6 Combining Authorizing and Activating Environments -- 12.7 Conclusion -- References -- 13. The Political Economy of Food System Transformation in the European Union -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Food Systems Transition in the EU-State of Play -- 13.3 Political Economy Explanations for Change (or the Lack of It) -- 13.4 Opportunities to Catalyze the Transition -- References -- 14. Tracking Progress and Generating Accountability for Global Food System Commitments -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 The Need for Transformation, Commitments, and Accountability -- 14.3 Prior Work on Food Systems Accountability and Monitoring -- 14.4 Gaps in Food Systems Monitoring Work -- 14.5 Efforts to Fill These Gaps -- 14.6 Moving from Data and Information to Accountability -- 14.7 Conclusion -- References -- 15. Conclusions -- 15.1 Reconciling Trade-Offs Generated by Different Incentive Structures -- 15.2 Mixed Modes of Mobilization -- 15.3 Addressing Divergent Coalition Preferences through Strategic Policy Design -- 15.4 Policy Adaptation and Implementation. ; 15.5 Conclusions, Limitations, and Ways Forward -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume analyses the political economy dynamics of food system transformation from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on empirical data from a wide range of countries, the book touches on issues as varied as repurposing agricultural subsidies, biotechnology innovations, red meat consumption, and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Political Economy of Food System Transformation
• ISBN: 0-19-199126-0; 0-19-888224-6; 0-19-888223-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910764196803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.