Sen A. K. Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and.
Poverty and Famines An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation by Amartya Sen.You can write a book review and share your experiences. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. Whether you've loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.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.
Sen A. Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. Oxford: Clarendon Press; 1981.In his book Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981), Sen revealed that in many cases of famine, food supplies were not significantly reduced. Instead, a number of social and economic factors—such as declining wages, unemployment, rising food prices, and poor food.
Poverty and entitlements -- Concepts of poverty -- Poverty: identification and aggregation -- Starvation and famines -- The entitlement approach -- The Great Bengal Famine -- The Ethiopian famines -- Drought and famine in the Sahel -- Famine in Bangladesh -- Entitlements and deprivation -- Appendices.
