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Political Science Environmental Policy

Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System

Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society

edited by Rod MacRae & Elisabeth Abergel

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2012
Category
Environmental Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774822688
    Publish Date
    Jul 2012
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774822695
    Publish Date
    Jan 2013
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774822701
    Publish Date
    Jul 2012
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

Civil society organizations are among the most vociferous critics of the modern food system. Yet even after decades of campaigns, governments have largely failed to address health and sustainability issues in an effective way. This volume showcases the research of experts from multiple disciplines who argue that solutions lie not just in lobbying elected officials but in initiatives at the subparliamentary level. Real change will come, they argue, when advocacy groups develop innovative strategies capable of influencing decision makers more resistant to public pressure: business lobbies well connected to government agencies, middle managers, and ministries unused to collaborating across departmental mandates.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Rod MacRae is an associate professor of food policy in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. Elisabeth Abergel is a professor in the Sociology Department and a member of the Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement at the Université du Québec à Montréal.