Current governance configurations have been signalled as a key driver for, but also a potential solution to, food insecurity and sustainability challenges. In this context, cities are becoming key transition spaces where new food governance systems are being fashioned, creating “spaces of deliberation” that bring together civil society, private actors, and local governments. To date, food governance analyses have been mostly aligned with an optimistic philosophy that in many instances overlooks conflicts of interest, winners and losers of different arrangements, and institutional deadlocks. A critical account of these new governance mechanisms is particularly relevant to incorporate fully the political dimension inherent in the production of and access to food. By studying the emergence and functioning of eight food partnerships in the UK, this paper aims to advance the conceptualisation and practice of a critical governance perspective. The paper combines three approaches in a new framework: political ecology, post‐political scholarship, and participative justice. This innovative lens allows us to navigate how different partnerships mobilise notions of equality, participation, and inclusion; co‐produce knowledge, values, and reflexivity within governance spaces; and create different forms of connectivity and autonomy to transform urban foodscapes. The analysis highlights how food partnerships expand beyond formal governance mechanisms and are actively (re)shaped by different agencies and relationships. This raises the need to explore the transformative capacity of everyday politics; that is, how it can contribute to developing more inclusive, equitable, and emancipatory urban foodscapes. At a time of increasing health and social inequalities, urban and food governance studies would benefit from exploring new ways of effectively championing the knowledges, needs, and experiences of those still living “at the margins.”

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迈向关键治理框架：揭示城市粮食伙伴关系的政治和正义维度

当前的治理结构已被认为是粮食不安全和可持续性挑战的关键驱动因素，也是应对这些挑战的潜在解决方案。在这种情况下，城市正在成为新的粮食治理系统正在形成的关键转型空间，创造了将民间社会、私营部门和地方政府聚集在一起的“审议空间”。迄今为止，食品治理分析大多与乐观的哲学保持一致，在许多情况下忽略了利益冲突、不同安排的赢家和输家以及制度僵局。对这些新治理机制的批判性解释对于充分纳入食物生产和获取中固有的政治维度尤其重要。通过研究英国八种食品伙伴关系的出现和运作，本文旨在推进批判性治理观点的概念化和实践。该论文在一个新框架中结合了三种方法：政治生态学、后政治学术和参与正义。这种创新的视角使我们能够了解不同的伙伴关系如何调动平等、参与和包容的概念；在治理空间内共同产生知识、价值观和反思性；并创造不同形式的连通性和自主性，以改变城市美食景观。分析强调了食品伙伴关系如何扩展到正式治理机制之外，并由不同机构和关系积极（重新）塑造。这就提出了探索日常政治变革能力的必要性；也就是说，它如何有助于发展更具包容性、公平性、和解放的城市美食景观。在健康和社会不平等日益加剧的时代，城市和食品治理研究将受益于探索有效支持仍然生活在“边缘”的人们的知识、需求和经验的新方法。