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Author:   Mark Duffield
Publisher:   Oxfam Publishing
Imprint:   Oxfam Professional
Volume:   No. 5
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9780855981617

ISBN 10:   085598161
Pages:   40
Publication Date:   15 December 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Spiral bound
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION The International Context Oxfam's Experience in Africa A Note on Methodology FOOD INSECURITY AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER The 'New World Order The Position of Africa The devision of labour The emergence of food insecurity COPING WITH CHANGE The Intensification of Production Political Overview The Development of 'Core' and 'Peripheral' Areas The Marginalisation of Peripheral Groups Patterns of Social Transformation The Effects on the Enviroment Coping with Change LOCAL CONFLICT Conflict and the resources Wars of Subsistance Breaking the Continuity INTERNAL CONFLICT Connecting Local and Internal Conflict Limitations of Convetional Understanding War as Political Economy The political economy of groups: the Baggara of West Sudan The political economy of movements: the SPLA in South Sudan The political economy of movements: the MNR in Mozambique The logic of food denial WAR AND FAMINE Structural Considerations The overall Effect of War Some Basic Parameters The destruction and dislocation of markets The destruction and dislocation of subsistence agriculture The dislocation of populations The effects on the family The destruction and dislocation of social infrastructure Contribution to economic decline THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF PUBLIC WELFARE The Conventions of War The Internationalisation of Public Welfare The Case For Reform The question of targeting The question of access The question of sovereignty Oxfam's Position Summary and Conclusion REFERENCES.

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Professor of Development Politics, University of Bristol from 2006, and Director, Global Insecurities Centre from 2009.

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