Agricultural policy and politics: theory and practice

Review: Agricultural Policy and Politics: Theory and Practice Author(s): Michael W. Foley Reviewed work(s): Pursuing Food Security: Strategies and Obstacles in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. by W. Ladd Hollist ; F. Lamond Tullis Agrarian Reform in Reverse: The Food Crisis in the Third World. by Birol A. Yesilada ; Charles D. Brockett ; Bruce Drury Crop Insurance forAgricultural Development: Issues and Experience. by Peter Hazell ; ... Source: Latin American Research Review, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1989), pp. 233-249 Published by: The Latin American Studies Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2503290 Accessed: 07/01/2010 08:30
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AGRICULTURAL

POLICY

AND POLITICS: Theory andPractice Michael W. Foley
TexasA & M University

IN PURSUINGFOOD SECURITY: STRATEGIES AND OBSTACLES AFRICA, AND THE MIDDLEEAST Edited by W. LADD ASIA, LATINAMERICA,
HOLLIST

and F.

LAMOND TULLIS.

(Boulder:Lynne Rienner, 1987. Pp.

357. $38.50 cloth, $16.95 paper.) THE FOOD CRISISIN THE THIRD AGRARIANREFORMIN REVERSE: WORLD. Edited by BIROL A. YESILADA, CHARLES D. BROCKETT, and
BRUCEDRURY.

(Boulder:Westview, 1987. Pp. 339. $29.95.)

FORAGRICULTURAL ISSUESAND EXCROPINSURANCE DEVELOPMENT: PERIENCE. Edited by PETER HAZELL, CARLOS POMAREDA, and ALBERTO O. VALDES. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Pp. 322. $32.50.) AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEGOOD FARMERS: TRADITIONAL AMERICA.By GENE C. WILKEN. MENT IN MEXICOAND CENTRAL (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University ofCalifornia Press, 1987. Pp. 302. $45.00.) IN THE SEARCH FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY Edited FOOD POLICY MEXICO: CornellUniversity by JAMES E. AUSTIN and GUSTAVO ESTEVA. (Ithaca: Press, 1987. Pp. 383. $49.50 cloth, $16.95 paper.) AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS: AGRICULTURE Edited by BRUCE F. JOHNSTON, CASSIO LUISELLI, CELSO CARTAS CONTRERAs,

and

ROGER D. NORTON.

(Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press,

1987. Pp. 401. $42.50.) Y RURAL.By ALVARO ECHEVERRIA ALIMENTARIO CUESTION PROBLEMA ZUNO. (Mexico City: Editorial Nueva Imagen, 1984. Pp. 323, plus statistical appendix.) IN THE POLITIAND PUBLIC ENTERPRISE MEXICO: AGRARIAN REFORM CAL ECONOMYOF YUCATAN'S HENEQUEN INDUSTRY By JEFFREY
BRANNON

and ERIC N.

BAKLANOFF. (Tuscaloosa: Universityof Alabama

Press, 1987. Pp. 237.$31.95.) Edited by JOHN C. IN AND SOCIETY LATINAMERICA. FOOD, POLITICS,
SUPER and THOMAS C. WRIGHT.

(Lincoln:Universityof NebraskaPress,

1985. Pp. 261. $22.95.) 233

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STATEAND COUNTRYSIDE:DEVELOPMENTPOLICYAND AGRARIAN POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA. By MERILEE S. GRINDLE. (Baltimore:

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Pp. 255. $25.00.) If food production...