Champions of the movement or fair-weather heroes? Individualization and the (A)politics of local food

Antipode

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 323-341

  Busa, Julianne H ^a   Garder, Rebekah ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food movement; Community engagement; Consumerism; Individualization; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940262277     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12108     Document Type: Article

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