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Land grabbing per se is not a new phenomenon, given its historical
precedents in the eras of imperialism. However, the character,
scale, pace, orientation and key drivers of the recent wave of land
grabs is a distinct historical event closely tied to the changing
dynamics of the global agri-food, feed and fuel complex. Land
grabbing is facilitated by ever greater flows of capital, goods,
and ideas across borders, and these flows occur through axes of
power that are far more polycentric than the North-South
imperialist tradition. Land grabs occur in the context of changes
in the character of the global food regime, formerly anchored by
North Atlantic empires; the integrated food-energy complex seems to
be headed towards multiple centres of power, especially with the
rise of the BRICS and the proliferation of middle income countries
participating in many of the land transactions. Land Grabbing and
Global Governance offers insights from leading scholars and experts
on contemporary land grabs. This volume examines land grabs in
direct relation to a global economy undergoing profound change and
the role of new configurations of actors and power in governance
institutions and practices. This book was published as a special
issue of Globalizations.
This book fills a gap in the literature by setting food security in
the context of evolving global food governance. Today's food system
generates hunger alongside of food waste, burgeoning health
problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Applying food system
analysis to review how the international community has addressed
food issues since World War II, this book proceeds to explain how
actors link up in corporate global food chains and in the local
food systems that feed most of the world's population. It unpacks
relevant paradigms - from productivism to food sovereignty - and
highlights the significance of adopting a rights-based approach to
solving food problems. The author describes how communities around
the world are protecting their access to resources and building
better ways of producing and accessing food, and discusses the
reformed Committee on World Food Security, a uniquely inclusive
global policy forum, and how it could be supportive of efforts from
the base. The book concludes by identifying terrains on which work
is needed to adapt the practice of the democratic public sphere and
accountable governance to a global dimension and extend its
authority to the world of markets and corporations. This book will
be of interest to students of food security, global governance,
development studies and critical security studies in general.
This book fills a gap in the literature by setting food security in
the context of evolving global food governance. Today's food system
generates hunger alongside of food waste, burgeoning health
problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Applying food system
analysis to review how the international community has addressed
food issues since World War II, this book proceeds to explain how
actors link up in corporate global food chains and in the local
food systems that feed most of the world's population. It unpacks
relevant paradigms - from productivism to food sovereignty - and
highlights the significance of adopting a rights-based approach to
solving food problems. The author describes how communities around
the world are protecting their access to resources and building
better ways of producing and accessing food, and discusses the
reformed Committee on World Food Security, a uniquely inclusive
global policy forum, and how it could be supportive of efforts from
the base. The book concludes by identifying terrains on which work
is needed to adapt the practice of the democratic public sphere and
accountable governance to a global dimension and extend its
authority to the world of markets and corporations. This book will
be of interest to students of food security, global governance,
development studies and critical security studies in general.
Land grabbing per se is not a new phenomenon, given its historical
precedents in the eras of imperialism. However, the character,
scale, pace, orientation and key drivers of the recent wave of land
grabs is a distinct historical event closely tied to the changing
dynamics of the global agri-food, feed and fuel complex. Land
grabbing is facilitated by ever greater flows of capital, goods,
and ideas across borders, and these flows occur through axes of
power that are far more polycentric than the North-South
imperialist tradition. Land grabs occur in the context of changes
in the character of the global food regime, formerly anchored by
North Atlantic empires; the integrated food-energy complex seems to
be headed towards multiple centres of power, especially with the
rise of the BRICS and the proliferation of middle income countries
participating in many of the land transactions. Land Grabbing and
Global Governance offers insights from leading scholars and experts
on contemporary land grabs. This volume examines land grabs in
direct relation to a global economy undergoing profound change and
the role of new configurations of actors and power in governance
institutions and practices. This book was published as a special
issue of Globalizations.
The UN is able to recognize key global challenges, but beset by
difficulties in trying to resolve them. In this, it represents the
current global political balance, but is also the only
international institution that could move it forward. Civil society
can be a catalyst for this kind of change. In this book, Nora
McKeon provides a comprehensive analysis of UN engagement with
civil society. The book pays particular attention to food and
agriculture, which now lie at the heart of global governance
issues. McKeon shows that politically meaningful space for civil
society can be introduced into UN policy dialogue. The United
Nations and Civil Society also makes the case that it is only by
engaging with organizations which legitimately speak for the 'poor'
targeted by the Millennium Development Goals that the UN can
promote equitable, sustainable development and build global
democracy from the ground up. This book has strong ramifications
for global governance, civil society and the contemporary debate
over the future of food.
The UN is able to recognize key global challenges, but beset by
difficulties in trying to resolve them. In this, it represents the
current global political balance, but is also the only
international institution that could move it forward. Civil society
can be a catalyst for this kind of change. In this book, Nora
McKeon provides a comprehensive analysis of UN engagement with
civil society. The book pays particular attention to food and
agriculture, which now lie at the heart of global governance
issues. McKeon shows that politically meaningful space for civil
society can be introduced into UN policy dialogue. The United
Nations and Civil Society also makes the case that it is only by
engaging with organizations which legitimately speak for the 'poor'
targeted by the Millennium Development Goals that the UN can
promote equitable, sustainable development and build global
democracy from the ground up. This book has strong ramifications
for global governance, civil society and the contemporary debate
over the future of food.
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