Document Type : Correspondence
Authors
1 Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2 School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Keywords
The responses to our paper “‘Part of the Solution’: Food Corporation Strategies for Regulatory Capture and Legitimacy"1greatly expand on our case study of a shift in the strategy of powerful food companies and develop a myriad of new avenues for analysis. The strongest theme in the responses was the emphasis on how, practically, to counter the power and influence of commercial actors. A second theme considered how to go beyond a narrow focus on specific industry sectors and identify cross-cutting commonalities across commercial actors. A final thread challenged our assertion that there are dangers in working with industry actors and reflected on what trade-offs might be acceptable in the pursuit of public health. ...(Read more...)