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Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-171) and index
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Introduction. -- Family agriculture in the present world: regional perspectives / Rémy Herrera and Kin Chi Lau -- Theoretical framework. -- Food sovereignty and the agrarian question: constructing convergence of struggles within diversity / Samir Amin -- Latin America. -- Reflections on the tendencies of capital in agriculture and challenges for peasant movements in Latin America / João Pedro Stedile -- Africa. -- Rebuilding African peasantries: inalienability of land rights and collective food sovereignty in Southern Africa? / Sam Moyo -- Asia (I). -- Rethinking 'rural China', unthinking modernisation: rural regeneration and post-developmental historical agency / Erebus Wong and Jade Tsui Sit -- Asia (II). -- The political-economic context of the peasant struggles for livelihood security and land in India / Utsa Patnaik -- Oceania. -- The Papua Niugini paradox: land property archaism and modernity of peasant resistance? / Rémy Herrera and Poeura Tetoe -- Europe. -- An overview of the European peasants and their struggles / Gérard Choplin [and eight others] -- Conclusion. -- Facing the domination of financial capital: the convergence of peasant struggles today / Rémy Herrera and Kin Chi Lau.
Family agricultures play a crucial role in feeding the world, but they are increasingly threatened by corporate interests. For this book, the World Forum for Alternatives has brought together expert contributors from around the globe, including Samir Amin, Sam Moyo, Joao Pedro Stedile and Utsa Patnaik, to shed light on the revival of peasant struggles for social emancipation, and for meaningful access to land and food. With chapters on Latin America, Southern Africa, China, India, the South Pacific, and Europe, this volume brings a truly global perspective to this urgent issue - and offers radical new solutions. Ultimately, the authors show, the various struggles for food sovereignty taking place today in different parts of the world must unite and share a common vision for the future