Walton, John, 1937-

Free markets & food riots : the politics of global adjustment / Free markets and food riots by John Walton and David Seddon - vi, 387 pages ; 24 cm - Studies in urban and social change . - Studies in urban and social change .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365) and index

Global adjustments -- Food riots past and present -- Fighting for survival: women's responses to austerity programs -- Latin America: popular protest and the state -- Economic adjustment and democratization in Africa -- The Middle East and North Africa -- The Asian debt crisis: structural adjustments and popular protest in India -- Explaining Sri Lanka's exceptionalism: popular responses to welfarism and the "open economy" -- The politics of economic reform in Central and Eastern Europe -- Debt crisis and democratic transition

With contributions by Victoria Daines [and others] With contributions by Victoria Daines [and others]

0631182454 (acid-free paper) 9780631182450 (acid-free paper) 0631182470 (paperback) 9780631182474 (paperback)

GB9467146 bnb


Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Developing countries
Free trade--Developing countries
Social conflict--Developing countries
Capitalism--Developing countries
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern
Economic history--1971-1990
Economic history--1990-
Social sciences


Developing countries--Economic conditions

Developing countries Economic conditions

HC59.7 WAL

339.5/09172/4