Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 Food Sovereignty: Some Initial Thoughts and Questions for Research Annette Aitrélie Desmarais 1
2 Justifying the Human Right to Food in the Food Sovereignty Framework William D. Schanbacher 13
3 Agribusiness Concentration: Globalization, Market Power, and Resistance Douglas H. Constance Mary Hendrickson Philip H. Howard 31
4 Racism, Gender Discrimination, and Food Chain Workers in the United States Joann Lo 59
5 Lessons from the Food System: Borkian Paradoxes, Plutocracy, and the Rise of Walmart's Buyer Power R. Dennis Olson 83
6 The Pursuit of Happiness: At the Intersection of Food, Performance, and Consumer Identity Sara B. Dykins Callahan 115
7 Battles for the Soul of Organic: The Grassroots versus the Suits Grace Gershuny 139
8 Where's the Beef? Looking for Food in Religion and Ecology Dell deChant 155
9 The GMO Threat to Food Sovereignty: Science, Resistance, and Transformation Brian Tokar 173
10 Agroecology and Social Movements Peter M. Rosset María Elena Martínez- Torres 191
11 Contested Land Politics and Trajectories of Agrarian Change within an Emergent World Agro-commodity Regime: Insights from the BRIGS and the Periphery Ben McKay Alberto Alonso-Fradejas Chunyu Wang Saturnino M. Borras Jr. 211
12 The Importance of Process in Achieving Food Sovereignty: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Coffeelands of Nicaragua Heather R. Putnam J. Christopher Brown 243
Index 267
About the Contributors 275