Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization

Marc Edelman editor Cristóbal Kay editor Saturnino M Borras editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:24th Oct '08

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Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization cover

Readers of this book will encounter peasants and farmers who struggle at home and traverse national borders to challenge the World Trade Organization and other powerful global institutions.

  • Studies the activists in Brazil who uproot plots of genetically modified soybeans, forest dwellers in Indonesia who chop down rubber plantations to cultivate rice to feed their families, ‘runaway villages’ in China that take up arms to resist corrupt officials, and Mexican migrants who, having exited in desperation, return from abroad to transform their communities
  • Little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century share the stage with more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Vía Campesina
  • Celebrates a dynamic sector of international civil society, and tackles the thorny questions of successes and failures, ethical and political dilemmas, troubled alliances with NGOs, protest repertoires, and representation claims
  • Analyzes contemporary collective action in all its complexity, acknowledging ambiguities and contradictions, posing challenging questions, and providing concrete strategies for scholars and activists

ISBN: 9781405190411

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 22mm

Weight: 653g

374 pages