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Sustainable Food Consumption in the Neoliberal Order: Challenges and Policy Implications

Sustainable Food Consumption in the Neoliberal Order: Challenges and Policy Implications

Henry E. Alapiki, Luke A. Amadi
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 34
ISBN13: 9781522536314|ISBN10: 1522536310|EISBN13: 9781522536321
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3631-4.ch005
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Alapiki, Henry E., and Luke A. Amadi. "Sustainable Food Consumption in the Neoliberal Order: Challenges and Policy Implications." Food Systems Sustainability and Environmental Policies in Modern Economies, edited by Abiodun Elijah Obayelu, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 90-123. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3631-4.ch005

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Alapiki, H. E. & Amadi, L. A. (2018). Sustainable Food Consumption in the Neoliberal Order: Challenges and Policy Implications. In A. Obayelu (Ed.), Food Systems Sustainability and Environmental Policies in Modern Economies (pp. 90-123). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3631-4.ch005

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Alapiki, Henry E., and Luke A. Amadi. "Sustainable Food Consumption in the Neoliberal Order: Challenges and Policy Implications." In Food Systems Sustainability and Environmental Policies in Modern Economies, edited by Abiodun Elijah Obayelu, 90-123. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3631-4.ch005

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Abstract

In recent decades, we have seen the rise of the sustainable food consumption field and its push for disciplinary space in development studies. This chapter turns to the original impetus of sustainable food consumption and the question of how neoliberal order can be reconciled with the need to save the ecology. Beyond the fundamental objectives, there is a need to assess the links between the global food system, as influenced by neoliberal order, and the signs that it leads to adversity for low-income countries. A review of relevant literature in the sustainable consumption field is explored using content analysis to examine links between neoliberal food consumption dynamics, the logic of global food politics, and the emerging terminological shifts from food consumption to food system. The world systems theory and the Marxian political ecology framework are used to show that sustainability is notable for emphasizing resource efficiency and equitability, which can be useful when sustainability challenges are matched with ecological policies. This chapter makes some policy recommendations.

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