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THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE USE OF US FOOD AID AS AN ELEMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE COURSE OF THE POST-WAR ERA. SEVEN POLICY PERIODS ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE POST-WAR ERA, EACH REPRESENTING THE FOREIGN AGENDA OF SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS. THE SELECTIVE GEOGRAPHICAL ALLOCATION OF FOOD AID IS LARGELY A FUNCTION OF THE LOCUS OF FOREIGN PRIORITIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE SHIFTING GLOBAL PATTERNS OF COUNTRIES RECEIVING FOOD AID SINCE WORLD WAR II REFLECT THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. THOSE FAVORED BY US FOOD ASSISTANCE TEND TO BE PIVOTAL STATES WITHIN A REGIONAL THEATER OF CONFLICT, REGARDLESS OF THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER OR ABILITY OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO ABSORB THESE COMMODITIES.

Women's employment in manufacturing, nonprofessional services, and professional services.

US Census & labor market data are drawn on to construct geographic maps to illustrate the spatial rearrangement of female (F) sectoral employment across 380 labor market areas during the 1970s period of economic restructuring, highlighting the larger context of deindustrialization & service sector expansion. Case studies selected from the maps demonstrate the gender- & locality-specific ramifications of these transformations. The effect of national economic restructuring on F work roles is revealed to be differentially translated into locales, dependent on the sectoral specialization of the labor market area & in accordance with place-specific traditions in the gendered division of labor. 3 Tables, 9 Figures, 41 References. Adapted from the source document.

This book brings together a set of analyses which demonstrates that all US social programs are affected by the context from which they emerge and the setting in which they are implemented. The significance of geography in social policy is evident at every level in the government hierarchy.