{"product_id":"peasant-politics-of-the-twenty-first-century-transnational-social-movements-and-agrarian-change-9781501773945","title":"Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century: Transnational Social Movements and Agrarian Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e illuminates the transnational agrarian movements that are remaking rural society and the world's food and agriculture systems. \u003c\/b\u003eMarc Edelman explains how peasant movements are staking their claims from farmers' fields to massive protests around the world, shaping heated debates over peasants' rights and the very category of \"peasant\" within the agrarian organizations and in the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdelman chronicles the rise of these movements, their objectives, and their alliances with environmental, human rights, women's, and food justice groups. The book scrutinizes high-profile activists and the forgotten genealogies and policy implications of foundational analytical frameworks like \"moral economy,\" and concepts, such as \"food sovereignty\" and \"civil society.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003echarts the struggle of agrarian movements in the face of land grabbing, counter agrarian reform, and a looming climate catastrophe, and celebrates engaged research from Central America to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Edelman is Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Peasants Against Globalization.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50563103818002,"sku":"9781501773945","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0df64987-b9ef-4e3e-9255-0e06f07b0a62.jpg?v=1731866207","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/peasant-politics-of-the-twenty-first-century-transnational-social-movements-and-agrarian-change-9781501773945","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}