Choosing a diet is a way of constructing one’s identity and affirming group membership, but there are surprising variations according to the national political culture. We thus find that the French Greens’ preference for a “balanced’ diet (locally sourced and organic) is linked to their reluctance to appear sectarian whilst the British Greens’ vegetarianism is an ethical and political act that cements their personal political identity.
Speaker
Florence Faucher is Professor at the Centre d’études européennes at Sciences Po in Paris. She returned there in 2010 after 5 years at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) as Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Max Kade Center in European and German studies. Prior to Vanderbilt, she taught at Sciences Po and at Stirling University. Her research interests include political parties and social movements and with a focus on how political activism has changed over the last 30 years.
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