The Political Economy of African Famine

Herausgeber: Downs, R. E.; Reyna, Stephen P.; Kerner, Donna O.

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1991. This volume explores the combination of political and economic forces that influence different levels of food supply. The book begins with a discussion of famine theories, ranging from cultural ecology to neo-Marxism. Following this survey is a series of essays by anthropologists, geographers, economists and development practitioners that explores the role of Western institutions in African famine, analyzes famine in particular countries, and documents the relationship between famine and gender. This book takes an unusually broad look at famine by including analyses of countries where hunger has rarely been studied and by examining African famine from both African and Western perspectives. Its concluding proposals for eradicating famine make innovative and provocative contributions to current global debates on food and nutrition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780367275907
• ISBN-10: 0367275902
• Artikelnr.: 69890709

Autorenporträt

R. E. Downs, Donna O. Kerner, Stephen P. Reyna

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives 1. Heart of Darkness:
Reflections on Famine and Starvation in Africa Michael Watts Part 2:
Development Practice and Hunger 2. Cultural Construction in a "Garden of
Eden": The Influence of Ontological Acquiescence in an African Development
Project and Its Implications for Food Security Stephen P. Reyna 3. Rain-fed
Agricultural Development Project Performance in the Context of Drought: The
Western Savannah Project, South Darfur, Sudan, and the Drought of 1984-1985
William I. Torry Part 3: The African Scene 4. Increased Vulnerability to
Food Shortage among Fulani Nomads in Niger Cynthia White 5. Western
Assistance and the Ethiopian Famine: Implications for Humanitarian
Assistance Jason W. Clay 6. A Social History of Food, Famine and Gender in
Twentieth-Century Sudan Jay O'Brien and Ellen Gruenbaum 7. Labor, Economic
Power and Gender: Coping with Food Shortage in Guinea-Bissau Ursula Funk
8. Food Traders and Food Security in Ghana Gracia Clark 9. Gender, Hunger
and Crisis in Tanzania Donna O. Kerner and Kristy Cook 10. Ideology, Gender
and Change: Social Relations of Production and Reproduction in Nso,
Cameroon Miriam Goheen 11. Sex and Starvation: Famine and Three Chadian
Societies Ellen Patterson Brown Part 4: Prospects for the Future 12. New
Crop Varieties in a Green Revolution for Africa: Implications for
Sustainability and Equity David A. Cleveland 13. What Is to Be Done? A
Historical Structural Approach to Warfare and Famine Stephen P. Reyna