Hybrid Governance and the Double Movement: Contestations in Market-oriented Agricultural Development

• In Event: 058 - Regular Session. Food and Agriculture: Seeds, Safety, and Systems

Abstract

In this paper, we apply Polanyi’s concept of double movement to understand impacts of public-private and public-philanthropic partnerships for market-oriented international development contemporary examples of hybrid governance in market systems. We present case studies from Honduras, Peru and Mali of agricultural development projects and their constituent actors, identifying roles and relationships among actors that personify double movement negotiations within pro-poor market-oriented development. The cases highlight the implications for public and civil society actors of hybrid governance systems that utilize market mechanisms to address the destructive tendencies of the market economy and facilitate institutionalization of the double movement.

Authors

• Kristal Jones, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

• Daniel Tobin, Pennsylvania State University

• J. Dara Bloom, North Carolina State University