Toward a political geography of food sovereignty: transforming territory, exchange and power in the liberal sovereign state

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1131-1152

  Trauger, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

food; power; sovereignty; space; territory

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIBERALISM; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POWER RELATIONS; REFORM PROCESS; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 85027917950     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2014.937339     Document Type: Article

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