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The global food system Issues and solutions

By: Publication details: London Prager 2014Description: 278P xi HBISBN:
  • 9781440829116
DDC classification:
  • 338.2 SCH
Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1 Food Sovereignty: Some Initial Thoughts and Questions for Research Annette Aitrélie Desmarais 1 2 Justifying the Human Right to Food in the Food Sovereignty Framework William D. Schanbacher 13 3 Agribusiness Concentration: Globalization, Market Power, and Resistance Douglas H. Constance Mary Hendrickson Philip H. Howard 31 4 Racism, Gender Discrimination, and Food Chain Workers in the United States Joann Lo 59 5 Lessons from the Food System: Borkian Paradoxes, Plutocracy, and the Rise of Walmart's Buyer Power R. Dennis Olson 83 6 The Pursuit of Happiness: At the Intersection of Food, Performance, and Consumer Identity Sara B. Dykins Callahan 115 7 Battles for the Soul of Organic: The Grassroots versus the Suits Grace Gershuny 139 8 Where's the Beef? Looking for Food in Religion and Ecology Dell deChant 155 9 The GMO Threat to Food Sovereignty: Science, Resistance, and Transformation Brian Tokar 173 10 Agroecology and Social Movements Peter M. Rosset María Elena Martínez- Torres 191 11 Contested Land Politics and Trajectories of Agrarian Change within an Emergent World Agro-commodity Regime: Insights from the BRIGS and the Periphery Ben McKay Alberto Alonso-Fradejas Chunyu Wang Saturnino M. Borras Jr. 211 12 The Importance of Process in Achieving Food Sovereignty: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Coffeelands of Nicaragua Heather R. Putnam J. Christopher Brown 243 Index 267 About the Contributors 275
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Food Security

Food Sovereignty

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

1 Food Sovereignty: Some Initial Thoughts and Questions for Research Annette Aitrélie Desmarais 1

2 Justifying the Human Right to Food in the Food Sovereignty Framework William D. Schanbacher 13

3 Agribusiness Concentration: Globalization, Market Power, and Resistance Douglas H. Constance Mary Hendrickson Philip H. Howard 31

4 Racism, Gender Discrimination, and Food Chain Workers in the United States Joann Lo 59

5 Lessons from the Food System: Borkian Paradoxes, Plutocracy, and the Rise of Walmart's Buyer Power R. Dennis Olson 83

6 The Pursuit of Happiness: At the Intersection of Food, Performance, and Consumer Identity Sara B. Dykins Callahan 115

7 Battles for the Soul of Organic: The Grassroots versus the Suits Grace Gershuny 139

8 Where's the Beef? Looking for Food in Religion and Ecology Dell deChant 155

9 The GMO Threat to Food Sovereignty: Science, Resistance, and Transformation Brian Tokar 173

10 Agroecology and Social Movements Peter M. Rosset María Elena Martínez- Torres 191

11 Contested Land Politics and Trajectories of Agrarian Change within an Emergent World Agro-commodity Regime: Insights from the BRIGS and the Periphery Ben McKay Alberto Alonso-Fradejas Chunyu Wang Saturnino M. Borras Jr. 211

12 The Importance of Process in Achieving Food Sovereignty: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Coffeelands of Nicaragua Heather R. Putnam J. Christopher Brown 243

Index 267

About the Contributors 275