Hunger in the Balance

by Jennifer Clapp

Book Overview

Food aid has become a contentious issue in recent decades, with sharp disagreements over genetically modified crops, agricultural subsidies, and ways of guaranteeing food security in the face of successive global food crises. In Hunger in the Balance, Jennifer Clapp provides a timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary politics of food aid, explaining the origins and outcomes of recent clashes between donor nations--and between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080145039X
• ISBN13: 9780801450396
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher