Democracy and famine /

Main Author: Rubin, Olivier
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge research in comparative politics ; 37
Subjects:
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300 1 |a xiv, 204 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
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504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-195) and index. 
505 1 |a 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. 
650 1 |a Food supply  |x Political aspects. 
650 1 |a Famines  |x Prevention. 
650 1 |a Famines  |x Prevention 
650 1 |a Democracy 
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