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Human Rights and the Food Sovereignty Movement

Human Rights and the Food Sovereignty Movement2015

Priscilla Claeys

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"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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First published
2015
OL Work ID
OL21292768W

Subjects

Food supplyRight to foodNATURE / Natural ResourcesPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental PolicySOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & FoodDroit à l'alimentationBUSINESS & ECONOMICSInfrastructureSOCIAL SCIENCEGeneralNATURENatural ResourcesPOLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicyEnvironmental PolicyAgriculture & Food

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