224 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Famine is the most extreme manifestation of the existence of poverty, inequality and political apathy. Whereas poverty, hunger and diseases are not easily eradicated in the world today, famines are often perceived to be relatively simple to avert. However, the political incentives to prevent famines are not always present.
Inspired by the work of Amartya Sen, whose influential hypothesis that... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Presentation of Sen’s Theory of Democracy and Famine 3. Conceptualization and Operationalisation of Democracy 4. Discussion of Sen’s Understanding of Democracy 5. Famines in Bangladesh, Sudan and India 6. The Malawi Famine of 2002 7. The Niger Famine of 2005 8. Democracy and Famine – Quantitative Evidence 9. Multiple Starvation Deaths in India 10. Discussion of Other Macro-Level Causal Approaches 11. Counterproductive Democratic Mechanisms 12. Conclusion
Biography
Olivier Rubin is an assistant Professor at Global Studies, Roskilde University.
