Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation
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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.
Author: Amartya Sen, FBA (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Format: Paperback, 270 pages, 136mm x 216mm, 314 g
Published: 1983, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Genre: Social Issues, Services & Welfare
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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.
Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation