Narratives of hunger in international law : feeding the world in times of climate change / Anne Saab, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

This book explores the role that the language of international law plays in constructing understandings - or narratives - of hunger in the context of climate change. The story is told through a specific case study of genetically engineered seeds purportedly made to be 'climate-ready'. Two narratives...

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Main Author: Saab, Anne, 1986- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 140.
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Physical Description:xiv, 202 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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