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Human rights and the food sovereignty movement : reclaiming control / Priscilla Claeys.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Routledge studies in food, society and environmentPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015Description: xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781317645771
  • 9781138793026
  • 1138793027
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 363.8 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9000 .C53 2015
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"--
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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"--

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