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European food quality schemes in everyday food consumption: An exploration of sayings and doings through pragmatic regimes of engagement.

Amilien, V., Discetti, R., Lecoeur, J-L, Roos, G., Tocco, B., Gorton, M., Biasini, B., Menozzi, D., Duboys du Labarre, M., Filipović, J., Meyer, K., Aron, T., Veljković, S., Wavresky, P., Haugrønning, V., Csillag, P., Simons, J. and Ognjanov, G., 2022. European food quality schemes in everyday food consumption: An exploration of sayings and doings through pragmatic regimes of engagement. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 336-349.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.009

Abstract

While European consumers generally support the principles underpinning Food Quality Schemes (FQS), sales of certified products remain modest. This phenomenon is known as ‘attitude-behaviour gap’ and considerable scholarly and policy efforts have been geared towards ‘filling’ or ‘bridging’ the gap. This study aims at casting new light on this ‘discrepancy’ between consumers’ sayings and doings through a study of everyday food practices connected to FQS. We used a qualitative multi-method research design comprising extensive ethnographic fieldwork data gathered from 41 households across seven European countries, including interviews, walk-along tours, and food diaries, in order to understand consumers’ perceptions of FQS in relation to their everyday food consumption practices. Building on convention theory and Thévenot’s work, we showed that food practices can be understood through different ‘regimes of engagement’, namely different ways of thinking and behaving, following different logics corresponding to varying levels of knowledge and interest. We thus argue that the ‘attitude’ behaviour gap’ should rather be reconceptualised as the co-existence of multiple regimes of engagement, namely a dynamic and always evolving process of adjustment through which consumers understand and engage with FQS in everyday food practices.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0743-0167
Uncontrolled Keywords:sustainable food consumption; attitude-behaviour gap; food quality schemes; everyday food practices; regimes of engagement; ethnography; convention theory
Group:Bournemouth University Business School
ID Code:37611
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:04 Oct 2022 11:40
Last Modified:04 Oct 2022 11:40

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