Democracy and famine / Olivier Rubin.
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TextSeries: Routledge research in comparative politics: 37.Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xiv, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415598224; 0415598222; 9780203836712 (ebook); 0203836715 (ebook)Subject(s): Food supply -- Political aspects | Famines -- Prevention | Famines -- Prevention -- Case studies | DemocracyDDC classification: 363.8 LOC classification: HD9000.6 | .R83 2011Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 363.8 RUB 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0001035 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-195) and index.
Presentation of Sen's theory of democracy and famine -- Conceptualization and operationalization of democracy -- Discussion of Sen's understanding of democracy -- Famines in Bangladesh, Sudan and India -- Malawi famine of 2002 -- The Niger famine of 2005 -- Democracy and famine : quantitative evidence -- Multiple starvation deaths in India -- Discussion of other macro-level causal approaches -- Counter-productive democratic mechanisms.
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