Seeking the right to food : food activism in South Africa /
"After half a century since the entrenchment of the notion of right to food (RTF) in international instruments, its realisation remains elusive to millions of South Africans. This development evolves in the backyard of a country with high per capita income, entrenched constitutional provision s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "After half a century since the entrenchment of the notion of right to food (RTF) in international instruments, its realisation remains elusive to millions of South Africans. This development evolves in the backyard of a country with high per capita income, entrenched constitutional provision safeguarding citizens' RTF, net exporter of agricultural produce, and a comprehensive social security structure. Ironically, most of these citizens reside in townships or locations where residents constantly take to the streets in demand for basic social services and yet, have not pressed for the provision of food. Why is this the case, and how can this trend be reversed? In seeking to respond to these discursive questions, the chapters in this book address cardinal legal and politicoeconomic aspects of the RTF, by assessing the concepts, polices and institutions which have created the stark contrast or paradox between (persuasive) policies and (poor) practice. Assessing the means by which people access food (either through own production or purchase), the chapters adopt an interdisciplinary approach, spanning agriculture, economics, history, land economy, law, political science, nutrition to sociology, to determine the dynamics of the RTF and poor policy interventions"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009019002 1009019007 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009019002 |