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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claeys, Priscilla, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in food, society and environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

Right to food.

Physical Description:

xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The right to food sovereignty 12

3 The rights of peasants 42

4 The right to food 62

5 The challenges of using rights 82

6 Transforming the right to food 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138793019

1138793019

9781138793026

1138793027

OCLC:

885226434