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1 online resource (320 pages) : 8 figures |
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to Cultures, Values, Ethics, and Arguments on Agricultural Land -- 2. The Twenty-First-Century Land Question and Its Politics -- 3. Last In, First Out? The Uncertain Future of Agricultural Trade Liberalization -- 4. Food Security and the Multifunctionality of Agriculture: Paradoxes in European Land Questions -- 5. "Indirect" Land Grabbing, Private Certification, and GlobalGAP -- 6. Dirty Hands, Clean Conscience? Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and the Ethical Investment Strategy of the Government Pension Fund - Global -- 7. Responsibility to the Rescue? Governing Private Financial Investment in Global Agriculture -- 8. State-Led and Finance-Backed Farming Endeavours: Changing Contours of Investment in Australian Agriculture -- 9. "Plus Ça Change ...": Saskatchewan Farmland Restructuring and Its Effects on Farm Families -- 10. Jordvern as a Situation of Action: The Material and Non-Material Forces Shaping the Protection of Farmland in Norway -- 11. From Agri-Culture to Agri-Nature: New Alliances for Farmland Preservation in Norway -- 12. Intergenerational Justice and Obligations to Future Generations: Towards Environmental Rights in Land-Use Policy -- 13. Land and the Value Calculus: Towards a Reculturalization of Farmland -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
Exploring the ways in which culture, systems of value, and ethics impact agriculture, this volume addresses contemporary land questions and conditions for agricultural land management. Throughout, the editors and contributors consider a range of issues, including pressure on farmland, international and global trade relations, moral and ethical questions, and implications for governance. The focus of Finance or Food? is land use in Australia, Canada, and Norway, chosen for their commonalities as well as their differences. With reference to these specific national contexts, the contributors explore political, ecological, and ethical debates concerning food production, alternative energy, and sustainability. The volume argues that recognition of food, finance, energy, and climate crises is driving investments and reframing the strategies of development agencies. At the same time, food producers, small farmers, and pastoralists facing eviction from their land are making their presence felt in this debate, not just locally, but in national policy arenas and international fora as well. This volume investigates the many ways in which this process is occurring and draws out the cultural implications of new developments in global land use. An important intervention into a timely debate, Finance or Food? will be essential reading for both academics and policymakers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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Land use, Rural.
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Land use, Rural. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. |
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Bjørkhaug, Hilde, editor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
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McMichael, Philip, editor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
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Muirhead, Bruce, editor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781487503123 9781487522476 1487503121 1487522479 (OCoLC)1089576362 |
| ISBN |
9781487517236 |
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1487517238 |
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9781487517243 (electronic book) |
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1487517246 (electronic book) |
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9781487503123 |
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9781487522476 |
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1487503121 |
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1487522479 |
| Standard No. |
10.3138/9781487517236 |
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