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Public Policies for Food Sovereignty: Social Movements and the State book cover

1st Edition

Public Policies for Food Sovereignty Social Movements and the State

Edited By Annette Aurelie Desmarais, Priscilla Claeys, Amy Trauger Copyright 2017
238 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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An increasing number of rural and urban-based movements are realizing some political traction in their demands for democratization of food systems through food sovereignty. Some are pressuring to institutionalize food sovereignty principles and practices through laws, policies, and programs. While the literature on food sovereignty continues to grow in volume and complexity, there are a... Read more

1 Introduction: Will the Revolution be Institutionalized?

Amy Trauger, Priscilla Claeys and Annette Aurélie Desmarais

Part I States, Institutions and Food Sovereignt

2 State-Led Grassroots Participation and Ecuador’s Land Law

Karla Peña

3 Exporting Zero Hunger: PAA Africa and the Possibilities of Food Sovereignty with South-South Cooperation

Ryan Nehring and Mariana Hoffmann

4 Community-Based Rights to Food Sovereignty: The case of the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinances in Maine, USA

Amy Trauger

Part II Power and Politics -- Social Movement Challenges to Institutionalizing Food Sovereignty

5 Institutionalizing Relational Sovereignties- Educational and Food Sovereignty within Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

David Meek

6 The Involvement of Community Supported Agriculture Networks in a Swiss Popular Initiative for Food Sovereignty

Julien Vuilleumier

7 The Role of Land Rights in Social Transformation: Stories from Boston and Philadelphia

Caitlin Hachmyer

8 Food Sovereignty Struggles in Quebec: Co-optation and Resistance

Bryan Dale

Part III Determining the Rules of Engagement -- Challenges Within Social Movements

9 Urban Food Policy Alliances as Paths to Food Sovereignty? Insights from Sustainable Food Cities in the UK

Ana Moragues-Faus

10 Understanding food sovereignty in Canada: Settler Colonialism and Indigenous-settler Alliances

Lauren Kepkiewicz

11 Autonomy, Coalition-building, and Cultural Survival: Towards Food Sovereignty in the U.S. South

Catarina Passidomo and Irene Van Riper

12 Youth Producing Food for an Alternative Society: Insights from the Basque Country

Joseba Azkarraga Etxagibel and Annette Aurélie Desmarais

Biography

Annette Aurelie Desmarais is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty, University of Manitoba, Canada.

Priscilla Claeys is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR), Coventry University, UK.

Amy Trauger is Associate Professor of Geography, University of Georgia, USA.

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