Democracy and famine/ (Record no. 158143)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02393nam a2200181Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415598224 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.8 |
| Item number | RUB/D |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rubin, Olivier |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Democracy and famine/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Olivier Rubin |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 204p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | <br/><br/>Cover; <br/>Democracy and Famine; <br/>Copyright; <br/>Contents;<br/> Illustrations; <br/>Acknowledgements; <br/>Abbreviations; <br/><br/>1 Introduction; <br/>Structure of book; <br/><br/>2 Presentation of Sen's theory of democracy and famine; <br/>Outlining Sen's theory of democracy and famine; <br/>Earlier critiques of Sen's democracy theory; <br/>The three different democracy propositions; <br/><br/>3 Conceptualization and operationalization of democracy;<br/> Conceptualizing democracy; The question of governance;<br/> Conclusion; <br/>Operationalization of democracy; <br/>Conclusion; <br/><br/>4 Discussion of Sen's understanding of democracy; <br/>Inferring from Sen's writings.<br/> Inferring from Sen's empirical example, India<br/>Conclusion; <br/><br/>5 Famines in Bangladesh, Sudan and India; <br/>The concept of famine and case-study design; <br/>The 1974 Bangladesh famine; <br/>The Sudanese famine of 1986-89; <br/>Indian famines since independence;<br/> Conclusion; <br/><br/>6 The Malawi famine of 2002;<br/> The Malawian democracy; <br/>The Malawian famine;<br/> Tracing system deficiencies;<br/> Conclusion; <br/><br/>7 The Niger famine of 2005;<br/> Democracy in Niger; <br/>The Niger famine;<br/>Tracing system deficiencies; <br/>Conclusion;<br/><br/>8 Democracy and famine: Quantitative evidence;<br/> Existing cross-country empirical evidence; <br/>Cross-country empirical evidence.<br/> Conclusion<br/><br/>9 Multiple starvation deaths in India; <br/>Starvation deaths in West Bengal; <br/>The political triggers;<br/> Legal assembly dynamics; <br/>The politicized panchayats; <br/>Distrust and stigmatization; <br/>The village-specific factors; <br/>Conclusion; <br/><br/>10 Discussion of other macro-level causal approaches; <br/>De Waal's anti-famine contract; <br/>Dan Banik's freedom; <br/>Neumayer and Plümper's electorate size; <br/><br/>11 Counter-productive democratic mechanisms; <br/>The validity of the three propositions; <br/>The limitations of the focus on democracy and politicization; <br/>Conclusion; <br/><br/>12 Conclusion; <br/>The three propositions --results. <br/>Moving beyond the focus on democracy<br/><br/>Bibliography;<br/>Index.<br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Famines -- Prevention |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Democracy -- Developing countries |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Nutrition policy -- Developing countries |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 363.8 RUB/D | P12972 | 14/06/2024 | 30/04/2024 | General Books |