Author

Publication

1997 - Routledge, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

46,000 words, Guess

Page Count

184 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96036545
  • Goodreads189529
  • LibraryThing4552226

Classifications

  • DDC363.8/09172/4
  • LCCTX360.5 .Y68 1997

Description

World Hunger explores the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger, explaining why hunger still persists while agriculture production increases and genetic engineering revolutionises 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. Globalisation 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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Routledge introductions to development

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