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_bEnglish
_cMSULIB
_erda
050 0 0 _aHD1491.E85 GON
100 1 _aGonzalez, Raquel Ajates,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFarmers' cooperatives and sustainable food systems in Europe /
_ccreated by Raquel Ajates Gonzalez.
264 1 _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group ;
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2018
300 _ax, 261 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
_bn
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
_bnc
490 1 _aEarthscan food and agriculture
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroducing agricultural cooperatives in the context of a failing food system: context, clashing definitions, principles and typologies -- Past and present: the evolution of agricultural cooperatives in Europe from the 1800s to the 21st century -- Theorising cooperativism and food sustainability: disciplinary, thematic and chronological streams -- Why methods and theory matter when studying cooperativism and sustainability in food and farming: from critical approaches to crystalisation -- Experts' views on the European policy context: the price of remaining competitive and certifiying sustainability -- Country cases, UK and Spain: from workers' union to the European Union -- Consolidation of the agricultural cooperative sector: from Farmway to Mole Valley Farm and Anecoop in the sea of plastic -- Emerging models of cooperation in food and farming: multi-stakeholder cooperatives -- Third spaces: fighting the cooperative corner and interrogating the alterity of emerging cooperative models -- Theoretical implications: a new integrated framework for deconstructing agricultural cooperatives -- Conclusions: implications for agricultural cooperatives, food policy and alternative food initiatives.
650 0 _aAgriculture, Cooperative
_zEurope.
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