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Available
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Publication
Grove Press (1998), Edition: Subsequent, 224 pages
Description
The revised edition of this text includes substantial new material on hunger in the aftermath of the Cold War; global food productioin versus population growth; changing demographics and falling birth rates around the world; the shifting focus of foreign assistance in the new world order; structural adjustment and other budget-slashing policies; trade liberalization and free trade agreements; famine and humanitarian interventions; and the thrid worldization of developed nations.
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LibraryThing member anne_fitzgerald
An examination of the policies and politics that have kept hungry people from feeding themselves around the world, as well as the misconceptions that have obscured national, social and humanitarian interests.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
224 p.; 5.75 inches
ISBN
0802135919 / 9780802135919