How food policies emerge: The pivotal role of policy entrepreneurs as brokers and bridges of people and ideas

Gloria Giambartolomei; Francesca Forno; Colin Sage

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102038

How food policies emerge: The pivotal role of policy entrepreneurs as brokers and bridges of people and ideas

Gloria Giambartolomei, Francesca Forno, Colin Sage

Universita di Trento

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Abstract

Research has highlighted how new policy networks are transforming the food governance landscape, with pioneering urban governments addressing food security challenges through the adoption of what have been generically labelled urban food strategies (UFS). Yet within the literature on place-based food governance initiatives, the role and tactics of different stakeholder groups within these experiences remains insufficiently investigated. This paper seeks to fill the gap by shedding light on the complex dynamics entrenched in the establishment of inclusive UFS in two different but comparable civic initiatives: Cork (in the Republic of Ireland) and Bergamo (Northern Italy). The paper draws upon a unique multi-methods qualitative approach combining in-depth interviews and direct observations on the part of the lead author of the paper, with direct and embodied experience of the other two contributing authors. As the analysis reveals, policy entrepreneurship is best considered as a set of collective leadership practices that hold emancipatory potential, a key to accelerate the transition towards more just and sustainable food systems.

Original language	English
Article number	102038
Number of pages	10
Journal	Food Policy
Volume	103
Early online date	4 Feb 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102038
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Food Policy,. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Food Policy, 103, (2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102038

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Keywords

Policy entrepreneurship
Collective leadership
Food policy council
Food governance
Urban food policy strategy
Place-based

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Development
Food Science
Economics and Econometrics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sociology and Political Science

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How food policies emerge: The pivotal role of policy entrepreneurs as brokers and bridges of people and ideas

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