Social Capital and The Centrality of Local Food Policy to Sustainability Initiatives in U.S. Counties

Titolo Rivista RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Autori/Curatori Jeannette M. Blackmar, John C. Pierce, Brent S. Steel
Anno di pubblicazione 2015 Fascicolo 2015/1 Lingua Italiano
Numero pagine 18 P. 45-62 Dimensione file 252 KB
DOI 10.3280/RISS2015-001004
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The conceptualization of sustainability has evolved greatly since the Bruntland commission defined it as comprising the "three E’s." of environment, equity and economics (WCED, 1987). As a concept, sustainability has been both broadened to include such additional themes as cultural and creative dimensions, and deepened into a broad variety of specific policy domains, such as local food policy (Moldavanova, 2013). This paper examines 1) the centrality of local food policy in the system of sustainability initiatives in a sample of counties in the United States; and 2) assesses the role of social capital in variations in food policy initiatives and in the relationship of those initiatives to the major dimensions of sustainability.;

Keywords:Politica alimentare locale, programmi per la sostenibilita, capitale sociale, contee degli Stati Uniti, sistemi alimentari locali, farmer’s markets

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Jeannette M. Blackmar, John C. Pierce, Brent S. Steel, Social Capital and The Centrality of Local Food Policy to Sustainability Initiatives in U.S. Counties in "RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'" 1/2015, pp 45-62, DOI: 10.3280/RISS2015-001004