Are Equity and Sustainability a Likely Outcome When Foxes and Chickens Share the Same Coop? Critiquing the Concept of Multistakeholder Governance of Food Security

• Published in: Globalizations Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 379 - 398
• Main Author: McKeon, Nora
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 16.04.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Committee on World Food Security; corporate power; Development policy; Development programs; Food security; Foxes; Governance; Human rights; Legitimacy; multistakeholderism; Poultry; Power; Private sector; Protection; Public private partnerships; Public sector private sector relations; Reputations; Research methodology; UN SDGs; Validity

This article subjects to critical analysis the rapidly expanding 'multistakeholder' approach to policy deliberation and development programming. The past 15 years have witnessed an astonishing ascension of the narrative of the corporate private sector as the new paladin of development. Thi...