Sustainable Development and Communication in Global Food Networks: Lessons from India - Couverture rigide

Touri, Maria

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030461181 ISBN 13 : 9783030461188

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020

Synopsis

This book offers a novel approach to sustainable development through the theory and practice of communication in global food networks, focusing specifically on organic food and fair trade movements. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it brings together the fields of Communication for Development and Social Change, Agri-Food Studies and Economic Geography. This is supported with a participatory method that unveils voices from Indian farming communities, small European businesses and UK-based consumers. The book exemplifies the integral role of communication in sustainable development through direct and mediated communication processes that bring these actors together in the global food market. Such processes include trade relations, self-representation, and information and knowledge exchange through the spaces of the internet. Through these processes the book uncovers the instrumental role of communication in building a more holistic understanding of sustainable development. It also advocates that sustainable solutions require smaller, self-sustained projects and initiatives that pay closer attention to the voices and localized experiences of the people on the ground.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maria Touri is Lecturer of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research focuses on participatory media and communication in sustainability and development.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030461181
• ISBN 13: 9783030461188
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 244
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