Cultivating Crisis: Comparative Cases of Policy Complicity, Slow Violence, and Cultural Genocide
Journal
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
ISSN
1387-6988
1572-5448
Publisher
Routledge
Date Issued
2025
Author(s)
Sarah Schmidt
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
Connections between food systems, state and market failures, and mass atrocity risk are shown through comparative analyses of three case studies. The corporatization of agriculture, influenced by policies that prioritize massified food production rather than small-scale farming has eroded food sovereignty and marginalized Indigenous and other minoritized communities. The study situates food systems within the framework of cultural genocide, illustrating how the displacement of traditional agricultural practices, loss of land sovereignty, and structural disenfranchisement contribute to broader patterns of erasure. The paper underscores the need for policy interventions that protect food sovereignty and prevent the conditions that facilitate cultural erasure, economic exclusion, and social instability. ©The authors ©Routledge.
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How to cite
Schmidt, S., & Rivas-Aceves, S. (2025). Cultivating Crisis: Comparative Cases of Policy Complicity, Slow Violence, and Cultural Genocide. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2025.2594030