Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Genealogy of Community Consultation -- Chapter 3: Global Landscape and Local Contexts for Stakeholder Consultation -- Chapter 4: The People Beyond the Tag: Stakeholder Perceptions in Villa Altagracia...

While "ethically-motivated consumption" can be traced back to at least the 19th century, globalization has recently prompted renewed attention to the promise and limits of consumption to further broader ethical and political goals. This paper evaluates factors that promote political consumption,...

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This paper explores the complex relationship between social movements, courts, and political parties in the recognition and fulfillment of human rights. We analyze social mobilization around the right to food in India since 2001, on the recent emergence of political parties' attention to the...

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