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Poverty and Famines : An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation
Sen, Amartya
Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1983
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Synopsis: 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.
From the Back Cover: 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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Title: Poverty and Famines : An Essay on ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good