{"product_id":"the-food-wars-paperback","title":"The Food Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalden Bello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolent protests across the global South, in response to rocketing food prices from 2006 to 2008, highlighted an intrinsic flaw in the modern system of world trade--one that poses a serious threat to regional and international stability. In \u003ci\u003eThe Food Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Walden Bello traces the evolution of this crisis, examining its eruption in Mexico, Africa, the Philippines and China. Daring in vision and impassioned in tone, \u003ci\u003eThe Food Wars\u003c\/i\u003e speaks out against the obscene imbalance in the most basic commodities between northern and southern hemispheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalden Bello\u003c\/b\u003e is a political activist and Professor of Sociology and Public Administration at the University of the Philippines in Manila, as well as executive director of Focus on the Global South, a policy research institute based in Bangkok and for which he was the Founding Director. He was previously executive director of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) in Oakland, California and was educated at Princeton University. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2003, Bello was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, whose website describes him as \"one of the leading critics of the current model of economic globalization, combining the roles of intellectual and activist.\" Bello is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute (based in Amsterdam), and is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy In Focus\u003c\/i\u003e. In March 2008 he was named Outstanding Public Scholar for 2008 by the International Studies Association. Bello is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeglobalization: Ideas for a New Global Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDark Victory: The United States and Global Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.79 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692993220671,"sku":"9781844673315","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bb6fa99da7467eaee52b70b164c8df78.webp?v=1764997353","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-food-wars-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}