Food and Governmentality in the Green City: The Case of German Food Policy Councils

Alena Birnbaum and Petra Lütke
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Alena Birnbaum: Department of Landscape Planning and Communication, University of Kassel, Germany
Petra Lütke: Department of Geography, University of Münster, Germany

Urban Planning, 2023, vol. 8, issue 1, 388-398

Abstract: As an essential urban matter, food has always been highly relevant in issues of social and environmental justice. Current debates around food call for a better understanding of the relationship between global and local food production and social and environmental justice. Specifically, discussions on urban greening concepts are considering whether and how social justice and sustainability goals can be achieved. This has become a pressing issue due to a growing awareness of negative effects and social imbalances in the production, consumption, and disposal of food. The article explores the normative foundations and constructions of “good and just food” that are considered appropriate to a sustainable food system and the power techniques related to personal and environmental responsibility that feature in the work of the German food policy councils seeking to initiate a transformation process. Using a governmentality approach based on Foucault, this article seeks to fill gaps in the literature regarding food policy councils and, thereby, contribute to our understanding of the local manifestations of global policy projects that address environmental and social justice in green cities.

Keywords: food; German Food Policy Councils; governmentality; green city; transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.17645/up.v8i1.6038

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