Sustainable food consumption : a practice based approach / / Elizabeth Sargant.
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| Superior document: | Environmental Policy Series ; Volume 11 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Wageningen, Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge/EUI environmental policy series ;
Volume 11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Sustainable development in food provisioning in a nutshell""; ""1.2.1 Alternative food networks""; ""1.2.2 Diversification in food retail and services""; ""1.2.3 Sustainable development in the agro-food industry and public procurement""; ""1.3 Sustainable development in food consumption""; ""1.3.1 Consumers and sustainable development""; ""1.3.2 Context matters""; ""1.4 Research set-up""; ""1.4.1 Research aims and questions""; ""1.4.2 Research topics of the empirical studies""
- ""1.4.3 Thesis outline""""Chapter 2. Theory and methodology: a social practice approach to food consumption""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Introducing perspectives on sustainable consumption""; ""2.3 Practice theory: key concepts""; ""2.3.1 Habitus""; ""2.3.2 Practice(s) and lifestyle""; ""2.3.3 Practice(s) and the practitioner""; ""2.4 Practice theory applied to food consumption""; ""2.5 The social practise approach framework""; ""2.5.1 Consumption as a social practice""; ""2.5.2 Defining practices""; ""2.5.3 Concepts and indicators""; ""2.5.4 The system of provisioning""
- ""2.5.5 The locale""""2.5.6 The consumer practitioner""; ""2.5.7 Food consumption practices; change toward sustainability""; ""2.6 Introducing the research cases and methodologies""; ""2.6.1 Quantitative research on consumer engagement with sustainable food practices in the Netherlands""; ""2.6.2 Qualitative research: the case of canteen food consumption practice""; ""2.6.3 Literature review""; ""Chapter 3. Presenting the consumer in context""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Sustainability and food consumption practice today: the consumer in context""
- ""3.2.1 Diversity of context and practices""""3.2.2 The convenience and service aspect""; ""3.2.3 Less direct influence, more awareness and concern""; ""3.3 Revaluating the �responsibly choosing� consumer""; ""3.4 Changing consumption practices toward sustainability""; ""3.4.1 The limited effect of information on changing practices""; ""3.4.2 Changing practices: lessons from food providers� food experience approach""; ""3.5 Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4. Shopping for more sustainable food""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.1.1 Towards more context in consumer studies""
- ""4.1.2 Grocery shopping practices exploring differences in engagement""; ""4.2 Methodology""; ""4.2.1 Use of the social practice approach in the survey set-up""; ""4.2.2 Co-responsibility""; ""4.2.3 Concerns and the attractiveness of food alternatives""; ""4.2.4 Consumer portfolio; knowledge and experience""; ""4.2.5 Practice narrative: �doings� and �sayings� of the practice""; ""4.3 The survey""; ""4.3.1 Survey set-up""; ""4.3.2 Questions and routing""; ""4.4 Analysis of results""; ""4.4.1 Descriptive statistics and grouping of respondents on shopping practice""
- ""4.4.2 Statistical tests""