Seeking the right to food : food activism in South Africa / Bright Nkrumah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nkrumah, Bright, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--South Africa.

Food security.

Human rights movements--South Africa.

Human rights movements.

Food supply--Government policy--South Africa.

Food supply.

Food supply--Social aspects--South Africa.

Right to food--South Africa.

Right to food.

South Africa--Social policy.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Despite a constitutional right to food, a comprehensive social security structure, being a net exporter of agricultural products and maintaining a rising GDP, freedom from hunger remains a pipedream for millions of South Africans. With a constant surge in food prices, the availability of sustenance is often seriously threatened for all of South Africa's population. While the underprivileged majority residing in townships often demonstrate their discontent for poor service delivery on the streets, they rarely channel this strategy into taming food inflation. This study seeks to understand this irony and examine ways in which this trend could be reversed. Proposing a compelling argument for food activism, Bright Nkrumah suggests ways of mobilising disempowered groups to reclaim this inherent right. Presented alongside historical and contemporary case studies to illustrate the dynamics of collective action and food security in South Africa, he draws from legal, social and political theory to make the case for 'activism' as a force for alleviating food insecurity.

Contents:

Food activism and policy in South Africa

A tale of food activism

The case of Right to Food Campaign

Rocking the boat? Mobilising for food security in South Africa

Food (in)security and legal implications in South Africa

The unfinished agenda : perspectives on South Africa's food (in)security

Dispossession : reforming land in South Africa

Ethical obligation to assist impoverished South Africans

What is to be done : overcoming policy fragmentation in South Africa.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Aug 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009021845

1009021842

9781009019002

1009019007

OCLC:

1276852710