Environmental values and Americans’ beliefs about farm animal well-being

Suchyta, Mark

doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10206-0

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“…However, public attitudes are not included as a separate thematic category here because the increasing concern about animal welfare is the underlying context in a large part of the publications regardless of which other contexts they study. However, the connection between attitudes and animal welfare is central in the policy and governance articles because public opinion acts as an actor in itself; how opinion formation occurs in the media, political parties, and other groups is central (Deemer & Lobao, 2011; Law, 2009; Poirier, 2021; Schwartz, 2020; Suchyta, 2021). Several include farmers' associations, food industry actors, animal protection organizations, and retailers as important actors.…”

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The politics of animal welfare: A scoping review of farm animal welfare governance

Hårstad

2023

Review of Policy Research

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The lack of research in farm animal welfare governance is noticeable given how political science traditionally describes the agricultural field as politicized, i.e., subject to private and public regulations and governance. This paper shows how this issue is making its way into social and political science by using a scoping review methodology to map and analyze what exists in the research literature on farm animal welfare governance from 2000 to 2021. In evaluating drivers in farm animal governance, the literature points to increasing public concern. This is not necessarily because it changes the public's actions, but rather give legitimacy to actors to drive change in other domains such as research and the market. This review identifies retailers and animal welfare organizations as key actors in private farm animal welfare governance. Public government and political parties are perceived as “slower drivers,” thus leaving room for private governance.

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