The politics of food
Subtitle: the global conflict between food security and food sovereignty
By: William D. Schanbacher.
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780313363283; 9780313363290
Subjects: Food-supply -- Political aspects; Food-supply -- Government policy
Description: This book argues that our current global food system constitutes a massive violation of human rights. Through numerous case studies, the book examines critical issues of global trade and corporate monopolization of the food industry, while examining the emerging social justice movements that seek to make food sovereignty the model for battling hunger.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization, development, food security and the emergence of a global food; title: Regime; title: The underside of development; title: Food sovereignty as an alternative; title: Human rights, human duties and the capabilities approach; title: Ethical analysis of food sovereignty and the ethics of globalization.