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Feeding the hungry advocacy and blame in the global fight against hunger

Title: Feeding the hungry [electronic resource] : advocacy and blame in the global fight against hunger / Michelle Jurkovich.
Author: Jurkovich, Michelle, 1983-
Publication: New York : Cornell University Press, [2020]

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Description

1 online resource (xii, 169 pages) : illustrations.

Summary

"This book investigates barriers to advocacy around a critical economic and social right-the right to food-and in so doing challenges dominant understandings of the relationships between human rights, norms, and law"--

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Feeding the hungry (Online)

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Feeding the hungry (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: The politics of chronic hunger -- Putting Hunger on the Agenda -- How to Think about Advocacy -- Not All Human Rights Have Norms -- Hunger at the Nexus of Rights and Development -- The Limits of Law -- Conclusion: policy implications and the road ahead -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

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