ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book analyzes the reorganization, operation and capacity of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in its early reform years and the implications of civil society participation therein. It presents a theoretical framework that situates global governance theory within a context of embedded neoliberalism. The book focuses on the reform of the CFS as the foremost international and intergovernmental body for the discussion and coordination of food security policy at the global level. It explores how civil society actors have organized themselves so as to effectively engage in the work of the CFS. The book provides a comparative analysis of two policy roundtables that took place at the 37th Session of the CFS: how to increase food security and smallholder-sensitive investment in agriculture; and food price volatility. It considers the development of the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF).
