Feeding the nation while mobilizing the planet?: La Vía Campesina, food sovereignty, and transnational movements in Brazil

Transnational Activism and National Movements in Latin America: Bridging the Divide

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 161-185

  Wittman, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84915775626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203489901     Document Type: Chapter

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