TY - BOOK ID - 32133451 TI - Beyond alternative food networks : Italy's solidarity purchase groups PY - 2020 SN - 9780857852281 9780857852274 9781472520913 9780857852298 0857852299 1472520912 0857852280 0857852272 PB - London, England : London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Food cooperatives KW - Fair trade foods KW - Farmer's markets KW - Food supply KW - Coopératives d'alimentation KW - Aliments équitables KW - Marchés de ferme KW - Aliments KW - Economic aspects KW - Approvisionnement KW - Aspect économique KW - Fair trade food KW - Farmers' markets KW - Food control KW - Produce trade KW - Agriculture KW - Food security KW - Single cell proteins KW - Markets KW - Food KW - Consumer food cooperatives KW - Cooperative food stores KW - Cooperative grocery stores KW - Cooperative supermarkets KW - Food stores, Cooperative KW - Grocery stores, Cooperative KW - Supermarkets, Cooperative KW - Consumer cooperatives KW - Grocery trade KW - E-books KW - Food cooperatives - Italy KW - Fair trade food - Italy KW - Farmer's markets - Italy KW - Food supply - Economic aspects - Italy KW - Social & cultural history UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32133451 AB - Food activism is core to the contemporary study of food - there are numerous foodscapes which exist within the umbrella definition of food activism from farmer's markets, organic food movements to Fair Trade. This highly original book focuses on one key emerging foodscape dominating the Italian alternative food network (AFN) scene: GAS (gruppi di acquisto solidale or solidarity-based purchase groups) and explores the innovative social dynamics underlying these networks and the reasons behind their success. Based on a detailed 'insider' ethnography, this study interprets the principles behind t. ER -