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Misguided & Offensive,
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This review is from: Subsistence and Economic Development (Kindle Edition)
This book is so misguided and offensive, that it is dangerous. Seavoy blames world hunger on the "indolence" of peasants (1), and calls for government military action to "induce or coerce" (39) semi-subsistence farmers into commercialized export production. The book is filled with such baffling--and completely unsupported--assertions as: "Children are sources of labor that allow [peasant] parents to enjoy indolence" (9). Amidst such sweeping and problematic generalizations, there is an alarming throughline of sheer, violent animosity toward semi-subsistent growers, culminating in his call to governments to use military force against those engaged in self-provisioning agriculture (112). Beware.
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Subsistence and Economic Development by Ronald E. Seavoy (Paperback - August 30, 2000)
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