The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 2: Famine Prevention
Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
Abstract
This book is the second of three volumes. Every year millions of people are losing their lives around the world, undeterred by the widespread opulence and remarkably higher per capita income, because of sporadic famines, endemic undernourishment, and destitution; let alone those hundreds of millions leading lives of never-ending vulnerability and want. This book is a collection of twenty six chapters in three volumes. There are six chapters in this second volume. The book attempts to explore many of the vague phenomena as to the characteristics, causation, and possible antidotes of hunger in t ... More
This book is the second of three volumes. Every year millions of people are losing their lives around the world, undeterred by the widespread opulence and remarkably higher per capita income, because of sporadic famines, endemic undernourishment, and destitution; let alone those hundreds of millions leading lives of never-ending vulnerability and want. This book is a collection of twenty six chapters in three volumes. There are six chapters in this second volume. The book attempts to explore many of the vague phenomena as to the characteristics, causation, and possible antidotes of hunger in the contemporary world. By carrying out both analytical and empirical investigations, it dwells on the need for a broader perspective for better understanding of the reasons and remedies of hunger.
Keywords:
anti-famine strategies,
undernourishment,
destitution,
poverty
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 1991 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198286363 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2008 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198286363.001.0001 |