Overview
A description of the current global food system, this book challenges our ethical responsibility to the global poor and implicates us all for failing to curb global hunger and malnutrition. The Politics of Food: The Global Conflict between Food Security and Food Sovereignty argues that our current global food system constitutes a massive violation of human rights. In this impassioned, well-researched book, William Schanbacher makes the case that the food security model for combating global hunger—driven by the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and other organizations—is a failure, too dependent on trade and too reliant on international agribusiness. Instead, the emerging model of food sovereignty—helping local farmers and businesses produce better quality food—is the more effective and responsible approach. Through numerous case studies, the book examines critical issues of global trade and corporate monopolization of the food industry, while examining the emerging social justice movements that seek to make food sovereignty the model for battling hunger.
Full Product Details
Author: William D. Schanbacher (University of South Florida, USA)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780313363283
ISBN 10: 0313363285
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 26 February 2010
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. - Choice
<p> Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. - <p>Choice
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. - Choice One of the top 7 books on feeding the world: Our current global food system is a violation of human rights, says Schanbacher. This passionate and informative book argues the current model for combating global hunger is too dependent on trade and international agribusiness. Schanbacher puts together a concise argument-examining global trade and corporate monopolisation of the food industry-on why food sovereignty is a more sustainable and effective approach to solving world hunger. - The Guardian
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. - Choice Our current global food system is a violation of human rights, says Schanbacher. This passionate and informative book argues the current model for combating global hunger is too dependent on trade and international agribusiness. Schanbacher puts together a concise argument -examining global trade and corporate monopolisation of the food industry - on why food sovereignty is a more sustainable and effective approach to solving world hunger. - The Guardian
Author Information
William D. Schanbacher, PhD, is a scholar of religion and social ethics and received his PhD from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
