relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/18/
title: Grassroots Initiatives and Municipal Policy
creator: Haar, A.J. van der
description: During this study, the synergy between municipal food policies and visions and grassroots urban food initiatives is examined. In order to gather the right information, a new method called 'walking talks' is used for gathering qualitative data. Although the outcomes of this study can not be generalized, they point towards the existing of a gap in motives and goals policy makers and the grass rooters have. The urban food initiatives are mainly set-up to increase environmental safety and social cohesion within a neighborhood, while the municipal urban food policies are set up for sustainability. This suggests a lack of communication and cooperation between municipalities and the grass rooters, coming from a sectoral and top-down approach.
date: 2014
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/18/1/Master_Thesis_Anne_van_der_Haa_1.pdf
identifier:   Haar, A.J. van der  (2014) Grassroots Initiatives and Municipal Policy.  Master thesis.