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Counter crimes and food democracy: suspects and citizens remaking the food system

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  • Sue Booth

    (Flinders University)

  • John Coveney

    (Flinders University)

  • Dominique Paturel

    (UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

Abstract

This chapter acknowledges the concept of food crime within the current global industrialised food system and explores three examples of crimes of consumption. A variety of acts of citizen resistance or ‘counter crimes' in response to food crime are discussed. Counter crimes can be seen as a spectrum of acts of crime or disobedience, which have used food to make public statements. Both opposition and constructivist politics are employed in counter crime. Constructivist activities are incubators for the emergence of new food systems, while oppositional activities focus on the current food system. Constructivist efforts involve fostering and building different food systems for consumers, underpinned by democratic processes, for example farmer's markets and community gardens. Actions underpinned by democratic principles, constitute a participatory movement whereby citizens exert some modicum of control over their food system. Collectively known as food democracy, it offers some hope in ‘re-making' an honest food system.

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  • Sue Booth & John Coveney & Dominique Paturel, 2018. "Counter crimes and food democracy: suspects and citizens remaking the food system," Post-Print hal-02791325, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02791325
    DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781447336013.003.0023
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