Hungry for Change

Hunger and obesity sit side by side in the world today--the result, argues A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, of the growing polarization of global agriculture between the haves and an ever-increasing number of have-nots. In Hungry for Change, Akram-Lodhi explains how the creation, structure, and operation of the capitalist world food system is marginalizing small-scale farmers and landless rural workers as it entrenches a global subsistence crisis. But he also shows how, on the margins of that...
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Hunger and obesity sit side by side in the world today--the result, argues A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, of the growing polarization of global agriculture between the haves and an ever-increasing number of have-nots. In Hungry for Change, Akram-Lodhi explains how the creation, structure, and operation of the capitalist world food system is marginalizing small-scale farmers and landless rural workers as it entrenches a global subsistence crisis. But he also shows how, on the margins of that crisis, an alternative future is not only being envisioned, but is being built by the members of  social movements.