Political consumerism and the transition towards a more sustainable food regime: Looking behind and beyond the organic shelf

Food Practices in Transition: Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 107-128

  Klintman, Mikael ^a   Boström, Magnus ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84884974595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203135921     Document Type: Chapter

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