The New Meatways and Sustainability: Discourses and Social Practices (Edition Politik Book 105)

Social practice theories help to challenge the often hidden paradigms, worldviews, and values at the basis of many unsustainable practices. Discourses and their boundaries define what is seen as possible, as well as the range of issues and their solutions. By exploring the connections between practices and discourses, Minna Kanerva develops a conceptual approach enabling purposive change in unsustainable social practices. Radical transformation towards new meatways is arguably necessary, yet complex psychological, ideological, and power-related mechanisms currently inhibit change. Cover Contents List of tables List of figures List of boxes Acknowledgements Abstract 1. Introduction 1.1 Framing and objectives for the work 1.2 Research approach 1.3 Outline of the book 1.4 General note on style 2. Old and new meatways 2.1 Background 2.2 Meat related discourses 2.3 The sustainable future of protein? 2.4 Conclusion and discussion 3. Conceptual structure 3.1 Social practice theories as the basis 3.2 Modifications to the elements of social practices 3.3 Concepts linking to general understandings 3.4 Linking practices to discourses 3.5 Further to the side of discourses 3.6 Power and agency 3.7 Conclusion and discussion 4 Data and methods 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Data choice, processing and preliminary analysis 4.3 Methods of further analysis 4.4 Quality criteria vs. methodological criticisms 4.5 Conclusion 5 Exploring discourses on the new meatways 5.1 Descriptions, themes and dimensions of the data 5.2 Framing 5.3 Meat‐eating related challenges 5.4 Additional tools for change 5.5 Conclusion 6. Conclusions and discussion 6.1 Conclusions from the analyses 6.2 Final words on transforming meat‐eating related practices 6.3 Discussion 7. References 8. Annex 1 — Coding system used in MAXQDA "Social practice theories help to challenge the often hidden paradigms, worldviews, and values at the basis of many unsustainable practices. Discourses and their boundaries define what is seen as possible, as well as the range of issues and their solutions. By exploring the connections between practices and discourses, Minna Kanerva develops a conceptual approach enabling purposive change in unsustainable social practices. Radical transformation towards new meatways is arguably necessary, yet complex psychological, ideological, and power-related mechanisms currently inhibit change"--Page 4 of cover