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

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.009
• Publication Date: 2022-09-29T22:43:13Z
• Authors: Virginie Amilien; Roberta Discetti; Jean-Loup Lecoeur; Gun Roos; Barbara Tocco; Matthew Gorton; Beatrice Biasini; Davide Menozzi; Matthieu Duboys d...; Jelena Filipović; Kathrin Meyer; Török Áron; Saša Veljković; Pierre Wavresky; Vilde Haugrønning; Péter Csillag; Johannes Simons; Galjina Ognjanov
• Keywords: Consumption

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 policy efforts have been geared towards 'filling' or 'bridging' gap. study aims at casting new light on this 'discrepancy' between consumers' sayings doings through a everyday food practices connected to FQS. We used qualitative, multi-method research design comprising extensive ethnographic fieldwork data, gathered from 41 households across seven countries, including interviews, walk-along tours, diaries, in order understand perceptions FQS relation their consumption practices. Building convention theory Thévenot's work, we showed that can be understood different 'regimes engagement', namely ways thinking behaving, following logics corresponding varying levels knowledge interest. thus argue should reconceptualised co-existence multiple regimes engagement, dynamic always evolving process adjustment which engage with