Overview

This work explains the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger, explaining why hunger still persists while agricultural production increases and genetic engineering revolutionizes 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. Globalization 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.

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Author:   Liz Young
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780415137737

ISBN 10:   041513773
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   01 May 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

'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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