The Struggle for Food Sovereignty - Alternative Development and the Renewal of Peasant Societies Today

Informationen zum Autor Remy Herrera is an economist and researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He is the co-author of The Struggle for Food Sovereignty (Pluto, 2015). Kin Chi Lau is assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. She is the co-author of The Struggle for Food Sovereignty (Pluto, 2015). Klappentext The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads. This collection explores the multiplicity of problems faced by global family agricultures in the current neoliberal era. The contributors, including include Samir Amin, Joao Pedro Stedile and Utsa Patnaik, argue that an understanding of the revival of peasant struggles for their social emancipation and legitimate right of access to land is essential. Financialisation is undermining their work, and must be resisted if they are to construct a new, socially just food system. This is a response to the confusion surrounding how these urgent problems are understood, with the authors offering solutions as to how they should be resolved. They express the importance of the co-operation and cohesion of the various struggles taking place across Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe, and how they must share a common vision for the future. Zusammenfassung A crucial exploration into the globally important struggles faced by peasant societies today.

Product details

• Authors: Remy (EDT)/ Lau Herrera
• Assisted by: Remy Herrera (Editor), Herrera Remy (Editor), Kin Chi Lau (Editor), Lau Kin Chi (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9780745335940
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3594-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; NATURE / Natural Resources, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Food security & supply, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Development Studies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Food security and supply