How To Normatively Transform Food Systems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009509619)

Draws from an extensive literature review on food politics to propose a Framework of Holistic Politics for Food System Transformation. The Framework posits that food systems transformation would be a process/outcome of interrelated political configurations of actions across four processes or stages: 1) Identifying resistance to change in the current regime, 2) Creating and sustaining new momentum, 3) Converting new momentum into sustainable options; -and cross-cutting, 4) Managing trade-offs, reducing incoherence, and prioritization. At each stage, four domains of politics must be considered, including 1) Power, the political economy of actors, knowledge, and evidence; 2) Cultural dynamics, norms, and behavior; 3) Capacity and financial resources; and 4) Technological innovations). To deliver normative transformation, these actions must be carried out in four distinct processes. The Framework underscores the need for normative and goal-oriented processes, the multi-dimensionality of politics, and the normative driving environment in governance food systems transformation.

Author: Abdul-Rahim Abdulai,Christophe Béné
ISBN-10: 1009509616
ISBN-13: 9781009509619
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d