Human rights and the food sovereignty movement :
Claeys, Priscilla,
Human rights and the food sovereignty movement : reclaiming control / Priscilla Claeys. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2015 - xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in food, society and environment . - Routledge studies in food, society and environment. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The right to food sovereignty -- 3. The rights of peasants -- 4. The right to food -- 5. The challenges of using rights -- 6. Transforming the right to food.
"The book assesses efforts to achieve the international recognition of new human rights for peasants at the international level, namely the 'right to food sovereignty' and 'peasants' rights'. It explores why La Via Campesina was successful in mobilizing a human rights discourse in its struggle against neoliberalism, and also the limitations and potential pitfalls of using the human rights framework"--
9781317645771 9781138793026 1138793027
017019936 Uk 017492686 Uk
Food supply.
Right to food.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
Social Science--General.
Food supply.
Right to food.
HD9000 / .C53 2015
363.8
Human rights and the food sovereignty movement : reclaiming control / Priscilla Claeys. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2015 - xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in food, society and environment . - Routledge studies in food, society and environment. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The right to food sovereignty -- 3. The rights of peasants -- 4. The right to food -- 5. The challenges of using rights -- 6. Transforming the right to food.
"The book assesses efforts to achieve the international recognition of new human rights for peasants at the international level, namely the 'right to food sovereignty' and 'peasants' rights'. It explores why La Via Campesina was successful in mobilizing a human rights discourse in its struggle against neoliberalism, and also the limitations and potential pitfalls of using the human rights framework"--
9781317645771 9781138793026 1138793027
017019936 Uk 017492686 Uk
Food supply.
Right to food.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
Social Science--General.
Food supply.
Right to food.
HD9000 / .C53 2015
363.8