Aligning rhetoric with reality: a qualitative analysis of multistakeholder initiatives in the global food system.

ABSTRACT: Global food system governance increasingly relies on multistakeholder initiatives (MSIs) that aim to include those who are affected by and/or affected by an issue. Multistakeholderism's perceived legitimacy is premised on both its outcomes (output legitimacy) and processes (input legitimacy), the latter in turn based on four key rationales: inclusiveness, procedural fairness, consensual orientation and transparency. To date, evidence on the ineffectiveness of MSI's outcomes undermines its claims to output legitimacy. While individual case study assessments have also raised concerns over their processes, documenting instances of power asymmetries and corporate capture, there has hitherto been no comprehensive assessment of the input legitimacy of multistakeholderism. This work addresses tha

SUBMITTER: van den Akker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655872 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature