Food Insecurity and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa: Agrarian Questions in Egypt and Tunisia (Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development) - Softcover

Ayeb, Habib; Bush, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785270907 ISBN 13: 9781785270901

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2019

Synopsis

‘Food Insecurity and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa’ studies the political economy of agrarian transformation in the eponymous regions. Examining Egypt and Tunisia in detail as case studies, it critiques the dominant tropes of food security offered by the international financial institutions and promotes the importance of small-scale family farming in developing sustainable food sovereignty. Egypt and Tunisia are located in the context of the broader Middle East and broader processes of war, environmental transformation and economic reform.

The book contributes to uncovering the historical backdrop and contemporary pressures in the Middle East and North Africa for the uprisings of 2010 and 2011. It also explores the continued failure of post-uprising counter-revolutionary governments to directly address issues of rural development that put the position and role of small farmers centre stage.

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About the Author

Habib Ayeb is a social geographer, researcher and professor at the University of Paris 8 in Saint Denis, France, since 1992.

Ray Bush is professor of African studies and development politics at the University of Leeds, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785270907
• ISBN 13: 9781785270901
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216