World Hunger (12 Myths) - Softcover

Collins, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853834939 ISBN 13: 9781853834936

Publisher: Earthscan, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Drawing on and distilling the extensive research of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (FoodFirst), Lappe, Collins, and Rosset examine head-on the policies and politics that have kept hungry people from feeding themselves around the world, in both Third- and First-World countries, as well as the misconceptions that have obscured our own national, social, and humanitarian interests. Written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, World Hunger: Twelve Myths shakes many tenaciously held beliefs; but most important, it convinces readers that by standing together with the hungry we can advance not only humanitarian interests, but our own well-being.

About this edition

• Publisher: Earthscan
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1853834939
• ISBN 13: 9781853834936
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 282