From "Climate-Smart" to "Climate-Just Agriculture

Combining innovative social theory with ongoing policy discussions on climate change, this book analyzes past and present efforts at challenging global poverty through reforming the dynamics of worldwide agricultural production.

Autorentext

Anthony Pahnke is an Associate Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. His research has appeared in journals such as New Political Science, International Studies Review, and the Journal of Agrarian Change, among others. He is also the author of Brazil's Long Revolution: Radical Achievements of the Landless Workers Movement (2018) and Agrarian Crisis in the United States: Pathways for Reform (2023). His popular writings on agriculture, immigration, and international politics have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Progressive, and The Hill, as well as in other print and online publications. He has remained active in small-scale farmer and farmworker organizations for over twelve years.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Climate Crisis-From the Farm to the World Bank, 1. Bringing Political Economy Back into Critical Theory with Agriculture and Climate Politics, 2. Universalizing Capitalist Ideology with International Institutions and the Development of "Climate-Smart Agriculture", 3. Power, Ideology, and Practice within Discussions of "Climate-Smart Agriculture", 4. Policy Pathways from "Climate-Smart" to "Climate-Just Agriculture" in International Institutions, Conclusion: Climate Justice Beyond the Latest Populist Moment