Political Economy African Fami
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHong>ORong>: Downs, R. E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The Political Economy ong>ofong> ong>Africanong> Famine takes an unusually broad look at famine by including analyses ong>ofong> countries where hunger has rarely been studied and by examining ong>Africanong> famine from both ong>Africanong> and Western ong>perspectivesong>. Its concluding proposals fong>orong> eradicating famine make innovative and provocative contributions to current global debates on food and nutrition. This volume explong>orong>es the combination ong>ofong> political and economic fong>orong>ces that influence different levels ong>ofong> food supply. It begins with a discussion ong>ofong> famine theong>orong>ies, ranging from cultural ecology to neo-Marxism. Following this survey is a series ong>ofong> essays by anthropologists, geographers, economists and development practitioners that explong>orong>es the role fo Western institutions in ong>Africanong> famine, analyzes famine in particular countries, and documents the relationship between famine and gender.