CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE SPECIAL ISSUE: International Food Governance and the Promotion of the Human Right to Adequate Food: Social Participation in the Context of Multistakeholderism
Redes is an academic journal affiliated with the Graduate Program in Regional Development at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul, hereby announces its call for papers for the special issue, “International Food Governance and the Promotion of the Human Right to Adequate Food: Social Participation in the Context of Multistakeholderism,” to be published online in Volume 31, during the year 2026.
The concept of multistakeholderism has gained prominence in international debates, as it entails the involvement of non-state actors in public policy arenas, generating significant power asymmetries, conflicting interests, and the potential weakening of the State as the primary guarantor of human rights and the public interest. This context gives rise to major challenges in international governance, particularly concerning democratic legitimacy in processes involving all stakeholders. According to analyses by McKeon (2021) and Fakhri (2021; 2022), there is an imminent risk of corporate capture of this public agenda by large private corporations, thereby diminishing non-delegable state obligations. In contrast to this trend, rights-based and state-centered governance models and paradigms are defended as alternatives to multistakeholderism.
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