Food Wars

Name: Food Wars
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ISBN: 9781844673315

ISBN-10: 1844673316

ISBN-13: 9781844673315

Edition: 2009

Authors: Walden Bello

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The hike in global food prices has pushed hundreds of millions more people into poverty, and sparked riots and protests in the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Walden Bello, the leading writer and activist on the global South, provides a penetrating analysis of the various causes: not just the rise in energy costs, but also the IMF and WTO-led restructuring of the worldwide agricultural system. Charting the evolution of the current crisis, Bello also offers a way forward: the principle of food sovereignty, allowing the developing world to protect and sustain a diverse range of crops. The Food Wars is an impassioned, informed and constructive account of a critical turning point in the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 9/25/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.10" wide x 7.70" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Richard Falk is Professor of Law at Princeton University.