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1 online resource |
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RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft |
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RaumFragen : Stadt -- Region -- Landschaft.
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Intro -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 Food Insecurity in Europe: From the Availability of Food to the Substantive Freedoms in Accessing it -- 1.1 The Measure of Food Insecurity, from Protein Meals to the Quality of Nutrition: A Focus on Italy, Spain and Greece -- 1.2 From an Emergency Approach to a Substantive Freedoms Approach to Food Security -- 1.3 The Precipitating Factors of a State of Food Insecurity: Availability, Access and Social use of Food -- 2 Collective Initiatives and Their InnovativeResponses to Food Insecurity Challenges |
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2.1 Urban Food Diplomacy: The Local Dimension of Food Security from a Global Impact Perspective -- 2.2 Collective Initiatives in Italy, Spain and Greece -- 2.2.1 Information Box: Collective Initiatives for Food Security in Italy, Spain and Greece -- 3 Collective Actions of Solidarity and Their Impact in Terms of Capabilities -- 3.1 Capabilities and the Social Dimension of Freedoms -- 3.2 The Social Perspective of Capabilities: A Critical Review -- 3.3 The Creative Power of Collective Agency |
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3.4 Collective Actions of Solidarity in Terms of Social Co-responsibility: Individual Agency and Capability for Voice -- 4 The Empirical Research -- 4.1 Case Studies and Methods -- 4.1.1 Emporium of Solidarity, Solidarity Card and Solidarity Kitchen: The Perspective of the Coordinators -- 4.1.2 Operationalising the Capability Approach: Life Trajectories of the Beneficiaries -- 4.1.3 Capabilities-Oriented Initiatives or "Compensation for Shortcomings" Initiatives -- 5 Emporium of Solidarity, Solidarity Card and Solidarity Kitchen: The Impact of Social Solidarity in Terms of Capability for Voice |
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5.1 Rome: The Emporium of Solidarity -- 5.2 Barcelona: The Solidarity Card -- 5.3 Athens: Kipoda's Solidarity Kitchen -- 6 Emporium of Solidarity, Solidarity Card and Solidarity Kitchen: The Impact of Social Solidarity in Terms of Strengthening Beneficiaries' Agency -- 6.1 Rome: The Emporium of Solidarity -- 6.2 Barcelona: The Solidarity Card -- 6.3 Athens: Kipoda's Solidarity Kitchen -- 7 Capabilities-Oriented Initiatives or Mere Compensation for Shortcomings: A Comparative Reflection |
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7.1 The Life Trajectories of the Beneficiaries: Shared Enabling and Disabling Factors in Terms of Capabilities -- 7.2 "Capabilities-Oriented" or "Compensation for Shortcomings" Initiatives -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- 8.1 City-Based Initiatives Against Food Insecurity: From a Productivist to a Capabilities-Oriented Perspective -- 8.2 From "Food to Freedom" and From "Freedom to Food" -- Appendix 1: Emporium of Solidarity in Rome -- Appendix 2: The Solidarity Card in Barcelona -- Appendix 3: The Solidarity Kitchen in Athens -- References |
| Summary |
This book analyzes the issue of food insecurity in Europe. It highlights the role played by cities in promoting resilient, solidarity-based and food and nutritionally safe communities. The focus will be on three different local initiatives in Rome, Barcelona and Athens and on the relations between civil society and local public institutions in order to tackle with the food insecurity challenges. The aim of. The research is aimed at understanding the paradox of food insecurity in wealthy societies. The focus will be on three European countries: Italy, Spain and Greece. An in-depth analysis on collective actions of solidarity to tackle food insecurity, will assess whether the initiatives are capabilities-oriented or merely compensating for shortcomings. Moreover, the contributions to the definition of a new food policy "by" and"for" the cities will be highlighted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 01, 2020) |
| Subject |
Food security -- European Union countries
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Solidarity -- European Union countries
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Environmental economics.
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Agricultural science.
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Society & social sciences.
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Business & Economics -- Economics -- General.
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Business & Economics -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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Social Science -- General.
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Food security
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Solidarity
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783658313753 |
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3658313757 |
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