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Rethinking food systems structural challenges new strategies and the law nadia cs lambek priscilla claeys adrienna wong lea brilmayer on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers taking as a starting point that hunger results from social exclusion and distributional inequities and that lasting. These chapters trace the underpinnings of the current global food system explore the challenges of competing regimes of intellectual property farmers rights and human rights and suggest new modes of governance for global and local food systems the stakes for building better food systems are high. Rethinking food systems structural challenges new strategies and the law is thus inspired by the editors call for a change to our current path 1 and by the invitation not to be deceived by the unicorn of productivism ie the idea openly challenged in the introduction of the book that food insecurity and famine are the . Book review by linda m young of review of rethinking food systems structural challenges new strategies and the law in journal of agriculture food systems and community development and brilmayer in rethinking food systems structural challenges new strategies and the the fundamental question asked by the authors is whether the . Rethinking food systems structural challenges new strategies and the law editors view affiliations this book examines how law shapes global food systems and their ongoing transformations using detailed case studies historical mapping and legal analysis the contributors show how various actors farmers civil society groups