Neoliberal growth vs food system democratization: narrative analysis of Canadian federal and civil society agri-food policy.

ABSTRACT: Narratives inform policymaking by building consensus, stabilizing our shared beliefs, and legitimizing our assumptions (Roe 1992, 1994). This research applies narrative policy analysis to identify and compare the dominant agriculture and food (agri-food) narratives of Canadian federal government and civil society policy over time. It aims to understand and compare what narratives are driving the agri-food policy priorities of each group, with particular attention to how policy narratives address social and environmental goals. This analysis documents and confirms a Neoliberal Techno-optimist Growth Narrative as the dominant narrative in federal Canadian Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) policy between 1986 and 2019. Over a similar period, civil society has adopted narratives that pri

SUBMITTER: Robert N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715052 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature