Abstract
This article analyses the creation of new human rights by a contemporary transnational agrarian movement, Vía Campesina. It makes the case that the movement's assertion of new rights contributes to shaping a cosmopolitan, multicultural, and anti-hegemonic conception of human rights. It discusses the advantages and constraints of the human rights framework and analyses the creation of new rights by the movement as a way to overcome the limitations of the 'rights master frame'. It concludes with a discussion of some of the challenges involved in the institutionalization of new rights.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 844-860 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Sociology |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- food sovereignty
- human rights
- institutionalization
- peasant movements
- peasants' rights
- rights master frame
- social movements
- Vía Campesina
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science