Product details
ISBN
9780198284635
Published
1983-01-20
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
314 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
136 mm
Thickness
17 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
270
Author
The best book on famine available--important theoretical perspective, good case-study material.
Barbara D. Miller, Cornell University
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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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.
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Product details
ISBN
9780198284635
Published
1983-01-20
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
314 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
136 mm
Thickness
17 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
270
Author