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Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization
Contributor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr. (Editor), Edelman, Marc (Editor), Kay, Cristobal (Editor)
ISBN: 1405190418     ISBN-13: 9781405190411
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $41.56  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Minority Studies
Dewey: 305.563
LCCN: 2008033345
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (1.45 lbs) 374 pages
 
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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 V a 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