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The Politics of Rescuing Rubbish: A Social Movement Analysis of Two Food Waste Activist Groups in London.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Politics of Rescuing Rubbish: A Social Movement Analysis of Two Food Waste Activist Groups in London./
Author:	Reynolds, Eva.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	111 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 81-08.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International81-08.
Subject:	Agriculture. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27912261
ISBN:	9781658424950

The Politics of Rescuing Rubbish: A Social Movement Analysis of Two Food Waste Activist Groups in London.
Reynolds, Eva.

The Politics of Rescuing Rubbish: A Social Movement Analysis of Two Food Waste Activist Groups in London. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 111 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 81-08.

Thesis (M.A.)--American University of Rome, 2019.

Food waste's rise from unidentified problem to sustainability buzzword over the last decade has been well-documented, with growing public awareness that about a third of the world's onceedible food is discarded on an annual basis. While much credit is given to celebrities and activists such as Tristram Stuart for calling public attention to the issue, limited scholarship has closely examined the practices and strategies used by advocacy groups to challenge food waste and how they pertain to waste reduction policies. This dissertation set forth to determine how contemporary activists in London raise public awareness of food waste and work to influence change in the food system. Using Feedback and North London Food Not Bombs as case studies, the qualitative research was designed to examine a) the advocacy groups' practices and tactics to reduce food waste and motivate others to do the same; and b) how they engage with public sector policies to reduce food waste, and with what potential implications for food security. Data collected through participant observation, interviews, and media monitoring were then analyzed through theories of social emancipatory transformation, civil society organizations, new social movements, and alternative food movements. The study revealed that both cases include food waste as one component of a comprehensive critique of the status quo, with Feedback focusing on environmental sustainability and FNB emphasizing socioeconomic inequity and injustice. Moreover, Feedback was found to pursue a symbiotic strategy of change which includes consultation with policymakers, whereas FNB keeps to interstitial, direct action against waste and food poverty at the grassroots level. This dissertation aims to further discussions on civil society groups which focus on food both as an issue and as a tool for political engagement, emphasizing opportunities for public mobilization and for collaboration to influence policy. Avenues for further research are recommended in the closing remarks.

ISBN: 9781658424950Subjects--Topical Terms:

518588
Agriculture.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Food waste

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