"Politics have shaped the market and shaped it in ways that advantages the top at expense of the rest" (Stiglitz, 2012) (10, 5)
"Right of all peoples to healthy appropriate food produced through ecologically sustainable methods and having the right to define their own foods system; putting those who produce at heart of food systems" (La Via Campesina 1996) (4, 11)
"We must embark on a new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial growth available for the improvements and growth of underdeveloped areas" (Truman, Inaugural Address - 1949) (16)
Committee on World Food Security (UN platform for food security); alternative governance model for decision making on global issues beyond consultation of states/institutions but no food sovereignty perspective (6, 4, 8)
Levels most extreme in Africa; 5 most unequal countries there - measured by Gini-Coefficent index: value between 0 and 1 where 0 is completely equal and 1 is completely unequal E.G. denmark 0.24/Namibia 0.74 (6, 10)
Modernisation theorists like Rostow highlight that there is linear progression through economic growth and it is universal blueprint; thus, industrialisation and economic growth will lead to development (path of powerful, only path) (13, 6)
One size fits all model for development = problematic / structure of international development as key problem, they portray targeted communities as passive victims + this necessary to support their continuous failing discourse (4, 11)
Practical implementation required; "long way short of the giant leap required to tackle climate change" (Friends of the Earth)/ commitments to change only tackle environmental regulation = no change to economic models/trade policy/ pointless? China (7, 5)
Royal Dutch Shell operation in Nigeria caused an oil spill with significant damage; UN said 30yrs to clean up damage + in Zambia; 200k hectares of forest per year by TNC = same in Brazil (80k a day) (4, 2, 4)
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