Dale B. (2021). Food sovereignty and the integral state: institutionalizing ecological farming. Geoforum, 01/12/2021, vol. 127, p. 137-150.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.10.010
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.10.010
Titre : | Food sovereignty and the integral state: institutionalizing ecological farming (2021) |
Auteurs : | B. Dale |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Geoforum (vol. 127, December 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 137-150 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.2 - Politique AgricoleThésaurus IAMM AUTOSUFFISANCE ; SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION ; AGRICULTURE ; POLITIQUE AGRICOLE ; SYSTEME AGROALIMENTAIRE ; CLIMAT ; CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ; CANADA |
Résumé : | This article takes up the question of how food sovereignty, and accompanying agricultural models that will help combat climate change, may be institutionalized through policy processes. I draw on the theories of Antonio Gramsci and his successors to discuss how the interwoven nature of the state and civil society, conceptualized as the integral state, can help inform an analytical approach to food policy change. Based on research that analyzes the work of Canadas two member organizations of La Vía Campesina, Union Paysanne and the National Farmers Union (NFU), I highlight the differences and parallels between food sovereignty struggles taking place in Quebec and those underway elsewhere in the country. I argue that although agricultural policy has the potential to be an important tool in transitioning toward a climate-friendly food system, proponents of food sovereignty would benefit from disengaging from traditional food policy advocacy efforts as these will only lead to incremental reforms. Instead, I suggest that a prefigurative institutionalization has the potential to be transformative within and beyond the food system. The concept offers both a political strategy as well as an analytical framework for assessing movements efforts related to policy formation and governance. |
Cote : | Réservé lecteur CIHEAM |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.10.010 |