Sammendrag
Food security has emerged as a relatively new policy issue in agricultural policy making in
developed countries. This policy problem is addressed within an institutional landscape in
which agricultural ideas and institutions are well-established. In this article, food security policy
making in Australia and Norway is compared. In Australia, agricultural normalism (agricultural
markets and production are considered to be similar to those of other economic
sectors) has been dominant since the mid-1980s, while Norwegian agricultural policy making
has been dominated by agricultural exceptionalism (agriculture is considered a unique economic
sector with special market and production conditions). It is demonstrated in the article
how these two opposing institutionalised ideational foundations have influenced the nature of
the food security debate in the two countries. In Australia, the debate emphasises the positive
role of the market and trade in providing global food security. In Norway, the debate highlights
the need to regulate market forces and restrict trade in order to allow countries to
develop their own agricultural sectors.
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