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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Chaia HellerPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780822351276ISBN 10: 0822351277 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 28 January 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAbout the Series ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction: Creating a New Rationality of Agriculture in a Postindustrial World 1 Part I. Toward a New Rationality of Agriculture 2. The New Paysan Movements: French Industrialized Agriculture and the Rise of the Postindustrial Paysan 39 3. The Confederation Paysanne: Philosophy, Structure, and Constituency 69 Part II. The Confederation Paysanne's Early Anti-GMO Campaign, from Risk to Globalization 4. Union Activism and Programs: Early Campaigns and Paysan Agriculture 89 5. We Have Always Been Modern: Toward a Progressive Anti-GMO Campaign 112 6. The Trial of the GMOs: Deploying Discourses from Risk to Globalization 137 Part III. How France Grew Its Own Antiglobalization Movement 7. Caravans, GMOs, and McDo: The Campaign Continues 163 8. Operation Roquefort, Part I: Traveling to Washington, DC 198 9. Operation Roquefort, Part II: The Battle of Seattle 221 10. Postindustrial Paysans in a Post-Seattle World: New Movements, New Possibilities 248 11. Conclusion: French Lessons; What's to Be Learned 291 Notes 307 Works Cited 311 Index 323ReviewsChaia Heller makes a compelling argument about a set of very important topics in the food/environment arena. Given the continued relevance of those topics, the prominence of the main protagonists of the story in the international scene, and the engaging writing style, the book should be of interest to a broad audience of students, academics, NGO people, and activists. Arturo Escobar, author of Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes Author InformationChaia Heller is Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of The Ecology of Everyday Life: Rethinking the Desire for Nature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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