Democracy and famine

Rubin, Olivier.

Democracy and famine [electronic resource] / Olivier Rubin. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xiv, 204 p. : ill. - Routledge research in comparative politics ; 37 . - Routledge research in comparative politics ; 37. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-195) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Presentation of Sen's theory of democracy and famine -- 3. Conceptualization and operationalization 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. Counter-productive democratic mechanisms -- 12. Conclusion.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203836712 (e-book : PDF)


Food supply--Political aspects.
Famines--Prevention.
Famines--Prevention--Case studies.
Democracy.


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