The shading and distancing of commerce: When internalization is not enough

Princen, Thomas

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(96)00085-7

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“…The concept of distance can help to shed light on light on this impact of financialization. Distance in global commodity chains refers to the separation between production and consumption decisions (Friedmann 1994;Kneen 1995;Princen 1997;Clapp 2012). As Freidmann notes, distance has become a dominant norm as food systems have become more globalized, which in turn has suppressed the particularities of both time and place in agriculture as well as diets, with important implications for politics (Friedmann 1994, p.379).…”

Section: Finance Food and Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kneen notes that technological change also expands distance by separating raw food from the final product (Kneen 1995). Greater distance between the point of production and consumption tends to constrain information feedback concerning the social and ecological implications of production processes and economic relationships at different points along commodity chains (Kneen 1995, p.25;Princen 1997;Dauvergne 2008). With multiple middlepersons typically present within commodity chains that span across greater geographical distances, for example, opportunities are opened up for some agents to wield more bargaining power and withhold information that ultimately severs feedback loops which would normally make clear the lines of responsibility to protect a resource (Princen 2002, p.122-23).…”

Section: Finance Food and Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…When distance expands as more actors enter the chain, powerful actors are also more likely to externalize or shade costs, rendering them 'invisible' to others (Princen 2002;Kneen 1995). Environmental problems can then be easily displaced and consumers are left largely unaware of the full ecological and social consequences of their own consumption (Princen 1997;2001;2002, p.108-115;Dauvergne 1997;. The shading of costs also blurs the lines of responsibility for addressing them.…”

Section: Finance Food and Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Financialization, distance and global food politics

Clapp¹

2014

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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Abstract:This paper provides a new perspective on the political implications of intensified financialization in the global food system. There has been a growing recognition of the role of finance in the global food system, in particular the way in which financial markets have become a mode of accumulation for large transnational agribusiness players within the current food regime. This paper highlights a further political implication of agrifood system financialization, namely how it fosters 'distancing' in the food system and how that distance shapes the broader context of global food politics. Specifically, the paper advances two interrelated arguments. First, a new kind of distancing has emerged within the global food system as a result of financialization that has a) increased the number of the number and type of actors involved in global agrifood commodity chains and b) abstracted food from its physical form into highly complex agricultural commodity derivatives. Second, this distancing has obscured the links between financial actors and food system outcomes in ways that make the political context for opposition to financialization especially challenging.

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Section: Finance Food and Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Finance Food and Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Finance Food and Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Financialization, distance and global food politics

Clapp¹

2014

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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“…Globalisation of trade has intensified connections over the globe, so that observed environmental problems can now have their cause and solution on the other side of the world. Current market trends can decrease the reception, understanding and communication of feedback in the production system and hinder feedback along the food chain, and make it difficult to link actors to the impacts [7], [8]. As a result, environmentally or socially concerned consumers are faced with difficulties in making the right choice of product, since there is little information available on conditions for workers, which production methods have been used and how they might affect the environment [6].…”

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Sustainable food systems with ICT

Svenfelt

Zapico

2016

Proceedings of ICT for Sustainability 2016

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Abstract-The food system is burdened by many and severe negative environmental and social impacts. Two of the reasons for the impacts are the increasing scale and globalisation of the food system. ICT has been put forward as a means to enhance sustainability in society, yet the potential for food systems is underexplored. In this paper we review ICT solutions for improved sustainability of food systems, which are used in practice or are discussed as potential solutions. The aim is to identify ICT solutions that can potentially enhance sustainability in the food system. We review mostly scientific literature. The ICT solutions are categorized according to four main purposes of the approach, to 1) efficiency through monitoring and assessment of environmental impact, 2) enhance transparency and traceability in the food system, 3) creating network between actors in the food chains, 4) influence and change food practices. We conclude that there is no coherent research field covering ICT in food systems. The papers reviewed are scattered over several disciplines and scientific journals. We also conclude that there is a predominance of research on monitoring of food production and transparency and traceability in the food chain. More research is needed that take on holistic approaches and include several parts of the food system. Furthermore, we would also like to see more research on what sustainable food systems could be like and how ICT could support and perhaps sometimes hinder such developments.

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“…Moreover, under current economic circumstances there is the problem of intermediaries that also contribute towards the decoupling of consumption and the DOI: 10.14267/phd.2015010 awareness of the externalities that occurred during the production of the consumed goods (Princen, 1997 …”

Section: Limits Of the Ecological Modernisation Approach From The Strmentioning

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Back from the future. Defining sustainable employment through backcasting

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The shading and distancing of commerce: When internalization is not enough

Cited by 111 publications

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Financialization, distance and global food politics

Financialization, distance and global food politics

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Back from the future. Defining sustainable employment through backcasting

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