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Beyond alternative food networks : Italy's solidarity purchase groups
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ISBN: 9780857852281 9780857852274 9781472520913 9780857852298 0857852299 1472520912 0857852280 0857852272 Year: 2020 Publisher: London, England : London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury Publishing,

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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.

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