Poverty and Famines : An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation

Name: Poverty and Famines
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198284635
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ISBN: 9780198284635

by Amartya Sen

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0198284632

ISBN-13 9780198284635

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 20th, 1983

Print length 270 Pages

Weight 348 grams

Dimensions 21.30 x 12.80 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)Famine

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This book focuses on the causes of starvation in general and famines in particular. The traditional analysis of famines is shown to be fundamentally defective, and the author develops an alternative analysis.

The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis--the ''entitlement approach''--concentrating on ownership and exchange, not on food supply. The book also provides a general analysis of the characterization and measurement of poverty. Various approaches used in economics, sociology, and political theory are critically examined. The predominance of distributional issues, including distribution between different occupation groups, links up the problem of conceptualizing poverty with that of analyzing starvation.

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