Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation

Sen, Amartya

ISBN 10: 0198284632 / ISBN 13: 9780198284635

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1983

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR001648054

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: 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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement...
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1983
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good