Toward thick legitimacy: Creating a web of legitimacy for agroecology

Abstract Legitimacy is at the heart of knowledge politics surrounding agriculture and food. When people accept industrial food practices as credible and authoritative, they are consenting to their use and existence. With their thick legitimacy, industrial food systems paralyze the growth of alternat...

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Main Authors: Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Alastair Iles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioOne 2016-07-01
Series:Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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Online Access:http://elementascience.org/article/info:doi/10.12952/journal.elementa.000115