Organic Sovereignties: Struggles over Farming in an Age of Free Trade

Author:   Guntra A. Aistara ,  K. Sivaramakrishnan
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
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9780295743103


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 February 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Organic Sovereignties: Struggles over Farming in an Age of Free Trade


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This first sustained ethnographic study of organic agriculture outside the United States traces its meanings, practices, and politics in two nations typically considered worlds apart: Latvia and Costa Rica. Situated on the frontiers of the European Union and the United States, these geopolitically and economically in-between places illustrate ways that international treaties have created contradictory pressures for organic farmers. Organic farmers in both countries build multispecies networks of biological and social diversity and create spaces of sovereignty within state and suprastate governance bodies. Organic associations in Central America and Eastern Europe face parallel challenges in balancing multiple identities as social movements, market sectors, and NGOs while finding their place in regions and nations reshaped by world events.

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Author:   Guntra A. Aistara ,  K. Sivaramakrishnan
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780295743103


ISBN 10:   0295743107
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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This book should be required reading for students or scholars entering fieldwork in these respective countries. This book would also make an excellent case study to compliment graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in environmental anthropology and agrarian studies. * Conservation and Society *


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Guntra A. Aistara is associate professor of environmental sciences and policy at Central European University in Budapest.

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