Political Science Environmental Policy
Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System
Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2012
- Category
- Environmental Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774822688
- Publish Date
- Jul 2012
- List Price
- $95.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774822695
- Publish Date
- Jan 2013
- List Price
- $34.95
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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.