Cross-Sectoral Policy Coalitions: A Case Study of Sustain Ontario: The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming’s Efforts to Reform Policy. How a Policy Coalition's Choices Contributed to its Legitimacy and Influence

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dc.contributor.advisorGainer, Brenda J.
dc.creatorLee Trillo, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:30:59Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:30:59Z
dc.date.copyright2015-04-09
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:30:59Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis paper is a case study of the formation and early development of one civil society organization (CSO), Sustain Ontario, the Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming (Sustain, the Alliance, the Network). Sustain is an example of a non-governmental, cross-sectoral policy coalition . In an era of complex problems and constrained resources such policy coalitions or networks appear increasingly common in Canada, yet there has been limited research into their approaches. This paper investigates the choices Sustain made related to structures, strategies and processes; it presents integrative research on the relationships between Sustain’s choices, and the Alliance’s ability to cultivate legitimacy and influence policy in Ontario, Canada. Sustain’s network organizational structures and membership enabled Sustain to engage and leverage requisite skills and knowledge. The Alliance employed five core strategies that enabled it to facilitate widespread member engagement, develop and disseminate research and other materials, and establish constructive relationships with policy makers. While I appreciate the limitations of a single case study, I think Sustain’s experience and choices may be of interest to provincial food networks and cross-sectoral policy coalitions addressing similarly complex challenges.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30051
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectManagement
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectSocial research
dc.subject.keywordsCivil society
dc.subject.keywordsNon-governmental
dc.subject.keywordsCharities
dc.subject.keywordsAdvocacy chill
dc.subject.keywordsCross-sectoral
dc.subject.keywordsPolicy coalition
dc.subject.keywordsSustain Ontario
dc.subject.keywordsAlliance
dc.subject.keywordsNetwork organization
dc.subject.keywordsProvincial food movement
dc.subject.keywordsFood system
dc.subject.keywordsStructures
dc.subject.keywordsStrategies
dc.subject.keywordsProcesses
dc.subject.keywordsChoices
dc.subject.keywordsWeaving
dc.subject.keywordsAggregating thought
dc.subject.keywordsGovernment relations
dc.subject.keywordsLegitimacy
dc.subject.keywordsInfluence
dc.subject.keywordsPolicy development
dc.subject.keywordsPublic policy
dc.subject.keywordsOntario
dc.subject.keywordsLocal Food Act
dc.subject.keywordsOMAFRA
dc.subject.keywordsComplex problems
dc.subject.keywordsCase study
dc.subject.keywordsKairos
dc.titleCross-Sectoral Policy Coalitions: A Case Study of Sustain Ontario: The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming’s Efforts to Reform Policy. How a Policy Coalition's Choices Contributed to its Legitimacy and Influence
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