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| Wang, Raymond Yu; Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong; wangyuray@connect.hku.hk; Si, Zhenzhong; University of Waterloo; zsi@uwaterloo.ca; Ng, Cho Nam; Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong; cnng@hku.hk; Scott, Steffanie; University of Waterloo; sdscott@uwaterloo.ca. |
| Food safety issues in China have received much scholarly attention, yet few studies systematically examined this matter through the lens of trust. More importantly, little is known about the transformation of different types of trust in the dynamic process of food production, provision, and consumption. We consider trust as an evolving interdependent relationship between different actors. We used the Beijing County Fair, a prominent ecological farmers’ market in China, as an example to examine the transformation of trust in China’s alternative food networks. We argue that although there has been a disruption of institutional trust among the general public since 2008 when the melamine-tainted milk scandal broke out, reconstruction of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Alternative food networks; China; Food systems; Social theory; Trust transformation. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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