Theoretical perspectives: understanding the patterns
Learning outcomes
At the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to:
• Appreciate the contested nature of theories of food security
• Appreciate the difference between proximate and structural determinants of food security
• Evaluate some important proximate explanations for malnutrition
• Evaluate some of the structural determinants of malnutrition
Key concepts
Food security; proximate causes of malnutrition; structural determinants of malnutrition; Malthusian ideology; political and economic theories of malnutrition; development philosophies; neoliberalism; globalization
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