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Author:
Desmarais, Annette Aurelie.
Title:
La Vía Campesina : globalization and the power of peasants / Annette Aurélie Desmarais.
Publisher:
Pluto Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
x, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Vía Campesina (Organization)
Farmers--Political activity.
Peasantry--Political activity.
Anti-globalization movement.
Rural development--International cooperation.
Farms, Small.
Social movements--Case studies.
Vía Campesina (Organisation)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-238).
Contents:
Foreword / Walden Bello -- "Where have all the peasants gone? Long time passing" -- Modernization and globalization : The enclosure of agriculture -- Peasants and farmers going global -- The WTO...will meet somewhere, sometime. And we will be there" -- A fine balance : Local realities and global actions -- Co-operation, collaboration, and community -- Reflections on the meanings of La Vía Campesina.
ISBN:
0745327044 (paperback)
9780745327044 (paperback)
0745327052 (hardback)
9780745327051 (hardback)
LCCN:
2007278185
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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