Democracy and famine [electronic resource] / Olivier Rubin.

By: Rubin, OlivierMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge research in comparative politics ; 37.Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xiv, 204 p. : illISBN: 9780203836712 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Food supply -- Political aspects | Famines -- Prevention | Famines -- Prevention -- Case studies | DemocracyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to view Also available in print edition.
Contents:
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.
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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.

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