Transnational Agrarian Movements: Origins and Politics, Campaigns and Impact

Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-36

  Borras, Saturnino M ^a   Edelman, Marc ^b   Kay, Cristóbal ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW); Global local complex processes affecting agrarian movements; Green International and Red Peasant International; International Federation of Adult Catholic Farmers' Movements (FIMARC); International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth (MIJARC); Rise of transnational agrarian movements; Transnational agrarian movements historical roots in diverse national societies, multiple and shifting alliances; World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers (WFF); World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and International Collective in Support of Fish Workers (ICSFW)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890649914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307191.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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