The politics of international agri-food policy: Discourses of trade-oriented food security and food sovereignty

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-234

  Lee, Richard Philip ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agricultural biotechnology; discourse; food security; food sovereignty; international trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 84875857717     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.730266     Document Type: Article

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