Stuffed and Starved

Informationen zum Autor RAJ PATEL is an award-winning author, film-maker and academic. He is a Research Professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin, and a Senior Research Associate at the Unit for the Humanities at Rhodes University (UHURU), South Africa. He has degrees from the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics and Cornell University, has worked for the World Bank and WTO, and protested against them around the world. In addition to his scholarly publications in economics, philosophy, politics and public health journals, he regularly writes for the Guardian , and has contributed to publications including the Financial Times and the New York Times. Stuffed and Starved is his first book and is published in eleven countries. He is also the author of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy and co-author, with Jason W. Moore, of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things . www.rajpatel.org Klappentext A revised new edition that reveals the hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing itself dry in order to make half its citizens obese and the other half malnourished. 'A magisterial account of the global food system' "Independent" Zusammenfassung A FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED NEW EDITION that reveals the hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing itself dry in order to make half its citizens obese and the other half malnourished

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Raj Patel, Patel Raj
• Editore: Granta Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9781846274794
• ISBN: 978-1-84627-479-4
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Portobello Books
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Michael Pollan, Food security & supply, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries, Food security and supply