Contemporary Famine Analysis
Title | Contemporary Famine Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | Olivier Rubin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 105 |
Release | 2015-12-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 331927306X |
This Brief provides some answers as to why famines continue to torment humankind here in the 21st century despite all our progress in food production, logistics, information dissemination and relief work. Contemporary famines are inherently political, and so the interesting question is not how famines can be prevented, but why they are allowed to develop in the first place; only by understanding the latter, is there hope to eradicate major famines. The Brief assesses the various analytical approaches to the understanding of famine, from the classical approaches inspired by Thomas Malthus to the newer economic approaches based on Amartya Sen. While all approaches contribute with important insights on famine dynamics, they also struggle to capture the political dimension of contemporary famines. The Brief develops a political approach capable of addressing this important but messy political dimension of contemporary famines. The approach builds on principles of humanitarian accountability (the moral responsibility to alleviate suffering from famine) as well as political accountability (the interests and power relations involved in famine outcomes).
Contemporary Famine Analysis
Title | Contemporary Famine Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | Olivier Rubin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 650 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9788773935828 |
Poverty and Famines
Title | Poverty and Famines PDF eBook |
Author | Amartya Sen |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1983-01-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0191037435 |
The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis—the 'entitlement approach'—concentrating on ownership and exchange, not on food supply. The book also provides a general analysis of the characterization and measurement of poverty. Various approaches used in economics, sociology, and political theory are critically examined. The predominance of distributional issues, including distribution between different occupation groups, links up the problem of conceptualizing poverty with that of analyzing starvation.
Hungry Nation
Title | Hungry Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Robert Siegel |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2018-04-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108695051 |
This ambitious and engaging new account of independent India's struggle to overcome famine and malnutrition in the twentieth century traces Indian nation-building through the voices of politicians, planners, and citizens. Siegel explains the historical origins of contemporary India's hunger and malnutrition epidemic, showing how food and sustenance moved to the center of nationalist thought in the final years of colonial rule. Independent India's politicians made promises of sustenance and then qualified them by asking citizens to share the burden of feeding a new and hungry state. Foregrounding debates over land, markets, and new technologies, Hungry Nation interrogates how citizens and politicians contested the meanings of nation-building and citizenship through food, and how these contestations receded in the wake of the Green Revolution. Drawing upon meticulous archival research, this is the story of how Indians challenged meanings of welfare and citizenship across class, caste, region, and gender in a new nation-state.
Three Famines
Title | Three Famines PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Keneally |
Publisher | Public Affairs |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2011-08-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1610390652 |
"Government neglect and individual venality, not food shortages, are historically the causes of sustained, widespread hunger."--Dust jacket.
Famine
Title | Famine PDF eBook |
Author | Cormac Ó Gráda |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780691122373 |
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The New Famines
Title | The New Famines PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Devereux |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 2006-11-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1134227256 |
The recent occurrences of famine in Ethiopia and Southern Africa have propelled this key issue back into the public arena for the first time since 1984, as once again it becomes a priority - not only for lesser developed countries but also for the international community. Exploring the paradox that is the persistence of famine in the contemporary world, this book looks at the way the nature of famine is changing in the face of globalization and shifting geo-political forces. The book challenges perceived wisdom about the causes of famine and analyzes the worst cases of recent years – including close analysis of food scarcity in North Korea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Malawi and less well known cases in Madagascar, Iraq and Bosnia. With fresh conceptual frameworks and analytical tools, major theoretical constructs which have previously been applied to analyze famines (such as the 'democracy ends famine' argument, Sen’s 'entitlement approach' and the 'complex political emergency' framework) are confronted. This volume assembles an international team of contributors, including Marcus Noland, Alex de Waal and Dan Maxwell; an impressive roster which helps make this book an important resource for those in the fields of development studies and political economics.