by Jean Ziegler · Bertelsmann, München · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783570300596
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«Wie kommt der Hunger in die Welt?» is Jean Ziegler's popular science essay, published by Bertelsmann in paperback (176 pages, in German).
The book stems from a dialogue with the author's son and explains, in simple language, why hunger persists in a world with enough food. Ziegler reviews the unequal distribution of resources, economic policies, international trade and the role of large corporations, and argues that hunger is a consequence of human decisions, not a fatality.
The work was originally published in French as «La faim dans le monde expliquée à mon fils» (1999), and this German edition of 2002 was translated by Hanna van Laak.
For ages 12 and up, it is a work for young readers interested in social issues and for adults seeking a brief introduction to the problem of hunger.
Jean Ziegler is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. He has also held several positions with the United Nations, especially as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2012. Ziegler has authored numerous works, is a lecturer, and is well known for this sentence: "A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child."
