The Political History of American Food Aid: An Uneasy Benevolence

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Barry Riley (Visiting Scholar, Visiting Scholar, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University)

The Political History of American Food Aid

An Uneasy Benevolence

Barry Riley (Visiting Scholar, Visiting Scholar, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
09 November 2017

Food & society; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; Central government policies; Welfare economics

American food aid to foreigners long has been the most visible-and most popular-means of providing humanitarian aid to millions of hungry people confronted by war, terrorism and natural cataclysms and the resulting threat-often the reality-of famine and death. The book investigates the little-known, not-well-understood and often highly-contentious political processes which have converted American agricultural production into tools of U.S. government policy.

In The Political History of American Food Aid, Barry Riley explores the influences of humanitarian, domestic agricultural policy, foreign policy, and national security goals that have created the uneasy relationship between benevolent instincts and the realpolitik of national interests. He traces how food aid has been used from the earliest days of the republic in widely differing circumstances: as a response to hunger, a weapon to confront the expansion of bolshevism after World War I and communism after World War II, a method for balancing disputes between Israel and Egypt, a channel for disposing of food surpluses, a signal of support to friendly governments, and a means for securing the votes of farming constituents or the political support of agriculture sector lobbyists, commodity traders, transporters and shippers. Riley's broad sweep provides a profound understanding of the complex factors influencing American food aid policy and a foundation for examining its historical relationship with relief, economic development, food security and its possible future in a world confronting the effects of global climate change.

By: Barry Riley (Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Center on Food Security and the Environment Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 992g
ISBN: 9780190228873
ISBN 10: 0190228873
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 09 November 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barry Riley is a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. For nearly 50 years, he has been a participant in the domain of foreign economic assistance, first with the U.S. Government, then the World Bank, and finally as a private consultant. In recent decades, he has sought to discover how American international food aid has been shaped and reshaped over two centuries to serve the widely differing objectives of Presidents, legislators, and interest groups operating in quite distinct periods of American history.

Reviews for The Political History of American Food Aid: An Uneasy Benevolence

Given the breadth and depth of the analysis, this landmark study offers the most authoritative and historically comprehensive assessment of the politics of American food aid. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with food aid and humanitarian assistance. * M. Amstutz, CHOICE *