{"product_id":"free-markets-food-riots-the-politics-of-global-adjustment-paperback","title":"Free Markets \u0026 Food Riots: The Politics of Global Adjustment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn K. Walton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Seddon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic \"reform\" and \"adjustment\". \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores this general proposition in a cross-national study of the austerity protests, or the 'IMF Riots' that have affected so many debtor nations since the mid-1970s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that modern austerity protests, like the classical \"bread riots\" in eighteenth-century Europe are political acts aimed at injustice, but acts that are an integral part of the process of international economic and political restructuring\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluates how modern food riots are most important for what they reveal about global economic transformation and its social, and political, consequences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a general framework (drawing on comparative and historical material) and then trace the cycle of uneven development, debt, neo-liberal reform, and protest in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocusses on the role of women in structural adjustment and protest politics and the features of seemingly anomalous cases which qualify the general argument\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic reform and adjustment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the development decades of the 1960s and 1970s, governments around the world borrowed heavily to finance economic and social development, only to succumb to the global debt crisis and general recession of the 1980s. The last 15-20 years have witnessed the increasing adoption of neo-liberal austerity measures, led by the stabilization and structural adjustment programs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which have averted a crisis for international banks by shifting the burden to the urban poor in the less developed or 'emergent, ' developing nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Markets and Food Riots\u003c\/i\u003e explores this general proposition in a cross-national study of the austerity protests, or the 'IMF Riots' that have affected so many debtor nations since the mid-1970s. The book argues that modern austerity protests, like the classical bread riots in eighteenth-century Europe are political acts aimed at injustice, but acts that are an integral part of the process of international economic and political restructuring. Modern food riots are most important for what they reveal about global economic transformation and its social, and political, consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuccessive chapters provide a general framework (drawing on comparative and historical material) and then trace the cycle of uneven development, debt, neo-liberal reform, and protest in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Additional chapters focus on the role of women in structural adjustment and protest politics and the features of seemingly anomalous cases which qualify the general argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic \"reform\" and \"adjustment\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the development decades of the 1960s and 1970s, governments around the world borrowed heavily to finance economic and social development, only to succumb to the global debt crisis and general recession of the 1980s. The last 15-20 years have witnessed the increasing adoption of neo-liberal austerity measures, led by the stabilization and structural adjustment programs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which have averted a crisis for international banks by shifting the burden to the urban poor in the less developed or 'emergent, ' developing nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Markets and Food Riots\u003c\/i\u003e explores this general proposition in a cross-national study of the austerity protests, or the 'IMF Riots' that have affected so many debtor nations since the mid-1970s. The book argues that modern austerity protests, like the classical \"bread riots\" in eighteenth-century Europe are political acts aimed at injustice, but acts that are an integral part of the process of international economic and political restructuring. Modern food riots are most important for what they reveal about global economic transformation and its social, and political, consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuccessive chapters provide a general framework (drawing on comparative and historical material) and then trace the cycle of uneven development, debt, neo-liberal reform, and protest in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Additional chapters focus on the role of women in structural adjustment and protest politics and the features of seemingly anomalous cases which qualify the general argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Walton\u003c\/b\u003e holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. He is author of \u003ci\u003eReluctant Rebels: Comparative Studies of Revolution and Underdevelopment\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and most recently \u003ci\u003eWestern Times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California\u003c\/i\u003e (1992).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Seddon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, and has written extensively on \"the politics of structural adjustment\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52298680664338,"sku":"9780631182474","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/VzZ6MGJsays3WlBjM01uOUd0MXEydz09.webp?v=1779803576","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/free-markets-food-riots-the-politics-of-global-adjustment-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}