Contested Global Governance Space and Transnational Agrarian Movements

Download or read book Contested Global Governance Space and Transnational Agrarian Movements written by Mauro Conti and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-21T00:00:00Z with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first scholarly study of the new transnational agrarian movements (TAMs) from their perspective. It explores how they strategize within the global governance of agriculture to confront neoliberal aims of expanding capital penetration in the countryside. TAMs oppose this phase of financialization and instead foster a system based on agroecology and re-peasantization of production, valuing labour and natural resources over capital. The book outlines how TAMs defend food sovereignty and oppose neoliberal policies in the context of climate change negotiations. It is written from their perspective, merging scholarship with activism through a methodology of observant participation.