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Seeking the right to food : = food activism in South Africa /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Seeking the right to food :/ Bright Nkrumah.
Reminder of title:	food activism in South Africa /
Author:	Nkrumah, Bright,
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Aug 2021).
Subject:	Food security - South Africa. -
Subject:	South Africa - Politics and government - 1994- -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009019002
ISBN:	9781009019002 (ebook)

Seeking the right to food : = food activism in South Africa /
Nkrumah, Bright,1982-

Seeking the right to food :food activism in South Africa /Bright Nkrumah. - 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Aug 2021).

Food activism and policy in South Africa -- A tale of food activism -- The case of Right to Food Campaign -- Rocking the boat? Mobilising for food security in South Africa -- Food (in)security and legal implications in South Africa -- The unfinished agenda : perspectives on South Africa's food (in)security -- Dispossession : reforming land in South Africa -- Ethical obligation to assist impoverished South Africans -- What is to be done : overcoming policy fragmentation in South Africa.

Despite a constitutional right to food, a comprehensive social security structure, being a net exporter of agricultural products and maintaining a rising GDP, freedom from hunger remains a pipedream for millions of South Africans. With a constant surge in food prices, the availability of sustenance is often seriously threatened for all of South Africa's population. While the underprivileged majority residing in townships often demonstrate their discontent for poor service delivery on the streets, they rarely channel this strategy into taming food inflation. This study seeks to understand this irony and examine ways in which this trend could be reversed. Proposing a compelling argument for food activism, Bright Nkrumah suggests ways of mobilising disempowered groups to reclaim this inherent right. Presented alongside historical and contemporary case studies to illustrate the dynamics of collective action and food security in South Africa, he draws from legal, social and political theory to make the case for 'activism' as a force for alleviating food insecurity.

ISBN: 9781009019002 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1446318
Food security
--South Africa.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

798951
South Africa
--Politics and government--1994-

LC Class. No.: HD9017.S72 / N67 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 363.80968

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