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  3. Narratives of Hunger in International Law
    • Anne Saab, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    28 March 2019
    04 April 2019
    ISBN:
    9781108670906
    9781108473378
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670906
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.43kg, 222 Pages
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    • Subjects:
    Public International Law, Law, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (140)
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    Subjects:
    Public International Law, Law, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (140)
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    This book explores the role that the language of international law plays in constructing understandings - or narratives - of hunger in the context of climate change. The story is told through a specific case study of genetically engineered seeds purportedly made to be 'climate-ready'. Two narratives of hunger run through the storyline: the prevailing neoliberal narrative that focuses on increasing food production and relying on technological innovations and private sector engagement, and the oppositional and aspirational food sovereignty narrative that focuses on improving access to and distribution of food and rejects technological innovations and private sector engagement as the best solutions. This book argues that the way in which voices in the neoliberal narrative use international law reinforces fundamental assumptions about hunger and climate change, and the way in which voices in the food sovereignty narrative use international law fails to question and challenge these assumptions.

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