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Sustainability and food production represent a major challenge to
society, with both consumption and supply sides posing practical
and ethical dilemmas. This book shows that food governance issues
can occur in many ways and at many points along the food chain. The
risks and impacts, particularly with the increasing globalisation
of food systems, are often distributed in unequal ways. It is the
role of law to form the pivot around which these issues are
addressed in society in the form of food governance mechanisms. The
chapters in this book address a range of issues in food governance
revolving around questions of justice, fairness, equality and human
rights. They identify different issues regarding inequality in
access and control over food governance. Some address generic
governance and institutional issues across a range of international
contexts, while others present case studies, including from
Argentina, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, UK and West Africa.
The book offers directions for reform of the law and legal
institutions to mitigate the dangers of inequality and promote
greater fairness in food governance.
This book draws on the experiences of the indigenous movement in
Myanmar to explore how the local construction of indigenous
identities connects communities to global mechanisms for addressing
human rights and environmental issues. Various communities in
Myanmar have increasingly adapted international discourses of
indigenous identity as a vehicle to access international legal
mechanisms to address their human rights and environmental
grievances against the Myanmar state. Such exercise of global
discourses overlays historical endemic struggles of diverse peoples
involving intersectional issues of self- determination, cultural
survival, and control over natural resources. This book draws
implications for the intersectionality of local and global
theoretical discourses of indigeneity, human rights, and
environment. It uses such implications to identify attendant issues
for the aspirations of international human rights and environmental
efforts and the practice of their associated international legal
mechanisms. This book informs readers of the agency and
capabilities of communities in underdeveloped countries to engage
different global mechanisms to address local grievances against
their states. Readers will develop a more critical understanding of
the issues posed by the local construction of indigeneity for the
ideals and practice of international efforts regarding human rights
and the environment. This book will be of great interest to
students and scholars of indigenous studies, human rights,
international law, Asian studies, development studies, and the
environment.
Sustainability and food production represent a major challenge to
society, with both consumption and supply sides posing practical
and ethical dilemmas. This book shows that food governance issues
can occur in many ways and at many points along the food chain. The
risks and impacts, particularly with the increasing globalisation
of food systems, are often distributed in unequal ways. It is the
role of law to form the pivot around which these issues are
addressed in society in the form of food governance mechanisms. The
chapters in this book address a range of issues in food governance
revolving around questions of justice, fairness, equality and human
rights. They identify different issues regarding inequality in
access and control over food governance. Some address generic
governance and institutional issues across a range of international
contexts, while others present case studies, including from
Argentina, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, UK and West Africa.
The book offers directions for reform of the law and legal
institutions to mitigate the dangers of inequality and promote
greater fairness in food governance.
Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written
from a non-indigenous perspective. In contrast, this book
facilitates a greater self-expression of indigenous perspectives
regarding treatment of the sacred and its protection and governance
in the face of threats from various forms of natural resource
exploitation and development. It provides indigenous custodians the
opportunity to explain how they view and treat the sacred through a
written account that is available to a global audience. It thus
illuminates similarities and differences of both definitions,
interpretations and governance approaches regarding sacred natural
phenomena and their conservation. The volume presents an
international range of case studies, from the recent controversy of
pipeline construction at Standing Rock, a sacred site for the Sioux
people spanning North and South Dakota, to others located in
Australia, Canada, East Timor, Hawaii, India, Mexico, Myanmar,
Nigeria and the Philippines. Each chapter includes an analytical
introduction and conclusion written by the editors to identify
common themes, unique insights and key messages. The book is
therefore a valuable teaching resource for students of indigenous
studies, anthropology, religion, heritage, human rights and law,
nature conservation and environmental protection. It will also be
of great interest to professionals and NGOs concerned with nature
and heritage conservation.
Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written
from a non-indigenous perspective. In contrast, this book
facilitates a greater self-expression of indigenous perspectives
regarding treatment of the sacred and its protection and governance
in the face of threats from various forms of natural resource
exploitation and development. It provides indigenous custodians the
opportunity to explain how they view and treat the sacred through a
written account that is available to a global audience. It thus
illuminates similarities and differences of both definitions,
interpretations and governance approaches regarding sacred natural
phenomena and their conservation. The volume presents an
international range of case studies, from the recent controversy of
pipeline construction at Standing Rock, a sacred site for the Sioux
people spanning North and South Dakota, to others located in
Australia, Canada, East Timor, Hawaii, India, Mexico, Myanmar,
Nigeria and the Philippines. Each chapter includes an analytical
introduction and conclusion written by the editors to identify
common themes, unique insights and key messages. The book is
therefore a valuable teaching resource for students of indigenous
studies, anthropology, religion, heritage, human rights and law,
nature conservation and environmental protection. It will also be
of great interest to professionals and NGOs concerned with nature
and heritage conservation.
Debates over U.S. government policy frequently follow a philosophy
of devolution in authority from federal government to local
government. This concept opens the possibility of greater local
involvement in national policy implementation-and provides
international treaties an opportunity to advance global policy by
incorporating the efforts of local actors into their implementation
framework. Much of international policy involves enforcement
through international-to-national linkages forming an
"implementation chain," but devolution offers the potential to
extend the implementation chain by providing national-to-local
linkages. This new book explores the nature of such linkages,
taking as a case study the Convention on the International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES) via its domestic analog, the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). The analysis employs both quantitative and
qualitative methods including interviews, surveys, statistical
analysis, and document review. The author concludes that while the
framework of CITES enforcement in the U.S. allows for
national-to-local extension of the CITES implementation chain, it
also presents challenges that should be addressed by international
policymakers who consider devolution as a way of assisting global
policy. The book includes a Foreword by Scott A. Frisch, a
professor of political science (and chair of the department) at
California State University, Channel Islands. Frisch notes that "in
this book Jonathan Liljeblad offers an enlightening and
long-overdue look at the issue of local implementation of
international policy.... Liljeblad is able to arrive at insightful
conclusions as well as concrete recommendations for policymakers
wishing to improve coordination and execution of international
policies that rely on local governments for their implementation."
He concludes, "Liljeblad's recommendations would foster a climate
of greater understanding of the connections between international
and domestic policy and should be heeded by all levels of
government to remove unnecessary roadblocks that can derail
implementation." A new study in the international protection of
animal and plant species, presented by Quid Pro Books.
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Living with Myanmar (Hardcover)
Justine Chambers, Charlotte Glloway, Jonathan Liljeblad
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R1,533
R1,214
Discovery Miles 12 140
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Since 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social,
political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government
in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially
important milestone in the country's transition to a more inclusive
form of governance. And yet, for many people everyday struggles
remain unchanged, and have worsened in recent years. Key economic,
social and political reforms have stalled, conflict persists, and
longstanding issues of citizenship and belonging remain. The
wide-ranging challenges of living with Myanmar are the subject of
this volume. Each other offers a different perspective on the
socio-political and economic mutations occurring in the country and
the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six
sections, and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality
and identity politics to agrarian reform and the representative
role parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions
concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their
ongoing role in subverting the country's reform process. However,
they also offer insights in the creative and productive ways the
Myanmar's activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats
and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those
legacies.
Since 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social,
political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government
in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially
important milestone in the country's transition to a more inclusive
form of governance. And yet, for many people everyday struggles
remain unchanged, and have worsened in recent years. Key economic,
social and political reforms have stalled, conflict persists, and
longstanding issues of citizenship and belonging remain. The
wide-ranging challenges of living with Myanmar are the subject of
this volume. Each other offers a different perspective on the
socio-political and economic mutations occurring in the country and
the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six
sections, and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality
and identity politics to agrarian reform and the representative
role parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions
concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their
ongoing role in subverting the country's reform process. However,
they also offer insights in the creative and productive ways the
Myanmar's activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats
and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those
legacies.
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