Essays about: "La Via Campesina"

Found 4 essays containing the words La Via Campesina.

  1. 1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Diana Gafur; [2024]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

    Abstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE

  3. 2. There are “two kinds of international organisations”: A case study of La Vía Campesina’s reaction to the WTO and the FAO opening up

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofie Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : La Vía Campesina; social movements; perception; international organisations; opening up; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A prominent movement for change of the current food system is Vía Campesina, a peasants’ movement advocating that food policy should incorporate perspectives from the most affected. Since the 1990s, international organisations (IOs) have opened up to non-state actors, allowing movements like Vía Campesina to occupy spaces ‘inside’ organisations instead of opposing from the ‘outside’. READ MORE

  4. 3. Solving the Climate Crisis? : WWF’s and La Via Campesina’s Work on Mitigating Climate Change Through a Gramscian Lens

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Lisa Tover; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate change; Gramsci; hegemony; WWF; La Via Campesina; Critical Discourse Analysis; neoliberalism; alterglobalisation movement; global environmental governance;

    Abstract : This thesis conducts a comparative study of two big, international civil society organisations, La Via Campesina and WWF, and their work with climate change. The purpose is to investigate why they have such different perspectives toward solving the climate crisis, and whether the explanation can be found by looking at the different positions they have in relation to the global hegemonic system. READ MORE

  5. 4. Power Relations in the Discourse of Food and Agriculture : A critical discourse analysis of how the World Trade Organization and La Via Campesina write about the issue of food and agriculture.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gisela Seemann; [2017]
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