Poverty and famines : an essay on entitlement and deprivation /
The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and famines in particular. The traditional analysis of famines concentrates on food supply. This is shown to be defective and Sen develops an alternative method of analysis which concentrates on ownership and exchange.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1981.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and famines in particular. The traditional analysis of famines concentrates on food supply. This is shown to be defective and Sen develops an alternative method of analysis which concentrates on ownership and exchange. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198284635 0198284632 9780191596902 0191596906 |