ABSTRACT

In the context of policy discussions surrounding the EU common agricultural policy in the period after 2020, civil society groups across Europe launched advocacy campaigns to transform the CAP and EU food systems. This article focuses on the EU Food Policy Coalition, a diverse coalition with a wide-ranging agenda. How did disparate civil society groups with different areas of focus that include the environment, public health, and global justice form a viable and cohesive advocacy coalition and develop a joint vision for a transformed food system? And how can this mostly Brussels-based coalition centred on a professional community engage grassroots and conscience communities in advocating for a more sustainable food system? We find that a diverse coalition can mobilise around a shared vision when a coalition broker brings diverse groups together, building on preexisting ties and trust and on the convergence of their ideologies. We also find that a diverse coalition engages different social movement communities, remains unified, and is effective when it is well-coordinated and organised as a segmentary, polycentric, and integrated network. This organisational structure allows for flexibility in participation and for dispersed leadership within the coalition, while keeping a unified focus around a set of key norms.

摘要

在围绕 2020 年后欧盟共同农业政策的政策讨论的背景下，欧洲各地的民间社会团体发起了宣传运动，以改变 CAP 和欧盟粮食系统。本文重点介绍欧盟食品政策联盟，这是一个议程广泛的多元化联盟。具有不同重点领域（包括环境、公共卫生和全球正义）的不同民间社会团体如何形成一个可行且有凝聚力的倡导联盟，并为转型后的粮食系统制定共同愿景？这个主要以布鲁塞尔为中心、以专业社区为中心的联盟如何让基层和有良知的社区参与倡导更可持续的食品系统？我们发现，当联盟经纪人将不同的群体聚集在一起时，多元化的联盟可以围绕共同的愿景动员起来，建立在先前存在的联系和信任以及他们意识形态的趋同之上。我们还发现，一个多元化的联盟涉及不同的社会运动社区，保持统一，并且当它作为一个分段的、多中心的和集成的网络得到良好的协调和组织时是有效的。这种组织结构允许在联盟内灵活参与和分散领导，同时保持围绕一组关键规范的统一关注。