Rethinking food systems : structural challenges, new strategies and the law /

Taking as a starting point that hunger results from social exclusion and distributional inequities and that lasting, sustainable and just solutions are to be found in changing the structures that underlie our food systems, this book examines how law shapes global food systems and their ongoing trans...

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Group Author: Lambek, Nadia C. S; Claeys, Priscilla; Wong, Adrienna; Brilmayer, Lea
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Dordrecht :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Taking as a starting point that hunger results from social exclusion and distributional inequities and that lasting, sustainable and just solutions are to be found in changing the structures that underlie our food systems, this book examines how law shapes global food systems and their ongoing transformations. Using detailed case studies, historical mapping and legal analysis, the contributors show how various actors (farmers, civil society groups, government officials, international bodies) use or could use different legal tools (legislative, jurisprudential, norm-setting) on various scales
Carrier Form: xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9789400777774 :
9400777779
9789400777781
9400777787
Index Number: HD9000
CLC: TS201.6
F316.1
Call Number: F316.1/R438
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Opportunities and challenges for food sovereignty policies in Latin America : the case of Nicaragua /
Implementing the right to food in Uganda : advances, challenges and the way forward