TY - BOOK AU - Rubin,Olivier TI - Democracy and famine T2 - Routledge research in comparative politics SN - 9780415598224 AV - HD9000.6 .R83 2011 U1 - 363.8 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Food supply KW - Political aspects KW - Famines KW - Prevention KW - Case studies KW - Democracy N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010022487-b.html ER -