War and Famine in Africa (Oxfam, 1991, 36 p.): (introduction...)

War and Famine in Africa (Oxfam, 1991, 36 p.)

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1. Introduction

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1.1 The international context

1.2 Oxfam's experience in Africa

1.3 A Note on methodology

2 Food insecurity and the new world order

2.1 The new world order'

2.2 The position of Africa

3 Coping with change

3.1 The intensification of production

3.2 Political overview

3.3 The development of 'Core' and 'Capitalisation Peripheral' areas

3.4 The marginalisation of peripheral groups

3.5 Patterns of social transformation

3.6 The effects on the environment

3.7 Coping with change

4 Local conflict

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4.1 Conflict and resources

4.2 Wars of subsistence

4.3 Breaking the continuity

5 Internal conflict

5.1 Connecting local and internal conflict

5.2 limitations of conventional understanding

5.3 War as political economy

6 War and famine

6.1 Structural considerations

6.2 The overall effect of war

6.3 Some basic parameters

7 The internationalisation of public welfare

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7.1 The conventions of war

7.2 The internationalisation of public welfare

7.3 The case for reform

7.4 Oxfam's position

7.5 Summary and conclusion

References

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Mark Duffield
November 1990
Oxfam Research Paper # 5

This report was commissioned by Oxfam and written by its former
Representative for the Sudan. The views contained in the report are not necessarily those of Oxfam itself.

Published in December 1991 by Oxfam Publications, 274 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DZ, England

@) Oxfam 1991

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