World Hunger
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-0-415-13773-7 (ISBN)
Description
World Hunger explores the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger, explaining why hunger still persists while agricultural production increases and genetic engineering revolutionises food production and distribution. Numerous case studies, drawn from the North and South, illustrate the diversity of diets in the world and the connections between the global and local. Globalisation and access to food in the global supermarket is examined.
Explaining the essential political character of hunger, the author exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged and it becomes possible to envisage a world where hunger is history.
Explaining the essential political character of hunger, the author exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged and it becomes possible to envisage a world where hunger is history.
Reviews / Votes
'This well-illustrated, persuasively argued volume in the Routledge Introductions to Development series is highly recommended for classroom use or for individual study about the causes of and cures for world hunger.' - World Views, Oct 98'This book is aimed at students, practitioners and the general public. It is not a scholarly text with a main thesis, but it covers a wide range of material and presents it in an accessible way.' - Times Higher Education
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-13773-7 (9780415137737)
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Person
Liz Young
Content
1. A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS. Box 1.1. Floods in North Korea, 1.2. Adulterated Food and Drink in England in the 19th C, 1.3. Disease in Britain in the 19th C. Cholera, 2. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HUNGER, Box 2.1. Iron Deficiency, Box 2 .2. Breastfeeding Debate, Box 2.3. The Northeast of Brazil, 3. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, Box 3.1. Wheat and the Pampas Box, 3.2. Food Riots, Box 3.3. Get Fresh Box, 3.4. Agri-business, 4. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Box 4.1. China. A Complex Picture Box 4.2. Honduras and Burkina Faso, 4.3. Diversity of Rural Livelihoods, 4.4. Harare 5. GENDER AND HUNGER. Box 5.1. HDI/GDI rankings, Box 5.2. HDI.GDI values, Box 5.3. Contrasts in entitlements in the household Box, 5.4. Female Empowerment, 6. SUB-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Box 6.1. Mali Box, 6.2. Trees and Household entitlements, 7. CONFLICT AND HUNGER, Box 7.1. Burundi Box, 7.2. Iraq Box, 7.3. Refugees and Displaced People, Box 7.4. Afghanistan, 8. ALTERNATIVE FUTURES?, Box 8.1. Global Food Trends, Box 8.2. World Summit for Children/World Conference on Nutrition, Box 8.3. Brazil's Campaign Against Hunger, Misery and For Life