Actors in private food governance: the legitimacy of retail standards and multistakeholder initiatives with civil society participation |
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| Authors: | Doris Fuchs Agni Kalfagianni Tetty Havinga |
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| Institution: | 1.Chair of International Relations and Development Policy,Münster,Germany;2.Department of International Relations and European Integration,Stuttgart,Germany;3.Institute for the Sociology of Law,Radboud University Nijmegen,Nijmegen,The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Democratic legitimacy is rarely associated with private governance. After all, private actors are not legitimized through
elections by a demos. Instead of abandoning democratic principles when entering the private sphere of governance, however, this article argues
in favour of employing alternative criteria of democracy in assessments. Specifically, this article uses the criteria of participation,
transparency and accountability to evaluate the democratic legitimacy of private food retail governance institutions. It pursues
this evaluation of the democratic legitimacy of these institutions against the background of their ambivalent impact on the
sustainability of the global agrifood system. The paper refers to a range of cases of private retail standards with different
governance structures and substantial foci to illustrate its argument. |
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