1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456476603321

Autore

Eschle Catherine

Titolo

Making feminist sense of the global justice movement [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-282-47952-0

9786612479526

0-7425-6781-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MaiguashcaBice <1965->

Disciplina

305.42

305.4209

Soggetti

Feminism

Globalization - Social aspects

Globalization - Moral and ethical aspects

Anti-globalization movement

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and Textboxes; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Chapter 01. Introduction: Making Feminist Sense of the Global Justice Movement; Part I. CONSTRUCTING FEMINIST ANTIGLOBALIZATION ACTIVISM; Chapter 02. Skeleton Woman at the World Social Forum: Feminist Struggles for Visibility, Voice, and Influence, 2001-2005; Chapter 03. Feminist Encounters at th eWorld Social Forum, 2003-2005: Uncovering Diversity and Situating Knowledge; Part II. MAPPING FEMINIST ANTIGLOBALIZATION ACTIVISM

Chapter 04. Uncovering Origins: Past and Present Sources of Agency for Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismChapter 05. Naming the Enemy: Feminist Antiglobalization Activists Confront Oppression; Chapter 06. Imagining Other Worlds: The Utopian Dimension of Feminist Antiglobalization Activism; Chapter 07. Collective Action: The Political Practices of Feminist Antiglobalization Activists; Chapter 08. Forging Solidarity: Mobilizing Identities in Feminist Antiglobalization Activism; Chapter 09. Conclusion: Rethinking the Global Justice Movement;



Appendix: Feminist Antiglobalization Activism

ReferencesIndex; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging the neglect of feminism in accounts of the global justice movement, this book explores the origins, ideas, and practices of what Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca term ""feminist antiglobalization activism."" Drawing on fieldwork undertaken at the World Social Forum, the authors argue that feminists constitute a distinct, if diverse, sector of the global justice movement. Taking feminism seriously, the authors conclude, points us toward a richer and more theoretically nuanced understanding of the global justice movement and its struggle to create other possible

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298650603321

Titolo

Biosystems Engineering: Biofactories for Food Production in the Century XXI / / edited by Ramon Guevara-Gonzalez, Irineo Torres-Pacheco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03880-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (479 p.)

Disciplina

54

641.3

660.6

664

Soggetti

Food—Biotechnology

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Biotechnology

Food Science

Industrial and Production Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.



Nota di contenuto

Plant Biosystems: From conventional to new Food production systems -- Agriculture for nutraceuticals -- The Plant immune system and Food Production -- Mathematical modelling for Biosystems -- Plant Biotronics as tool for Food Production Biosystems.-Exploring aquaculture as Food Biosystem -- Prototypes for aquaculture-plant Biosystems -- b.3. Aquaculture Biotronics -- Perspectives of Biosystems as sustainable strategy for Food Production in century XXI -- Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents new food production systems (for plants and animals) involving agrochemicals that increase in a controlled manner the bioactives content, under greenhouse conditions. Moreover, conception and design of new instrumentation for precision agriculture and aquiculture contributing in food production is also highlighted in this book.