The ‘state’ of food sovereignty in Latin America: political projects and alternative pathways in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1175-1200

  McKay, Ben ^a   Nehring, Ryan ^b   Walsh Dilley, Marygold ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Ecuador; food sovereignty; state society relations; the state; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE ROLE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

BOLIVIA; ECUADOR; LATIN AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84919875947     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2014.964217     Document Type: Article

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