Poverty and Famines
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Poverty and Famines is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that revolutionized the understanding of famine by arguing that they result more from failures of access and entitlement than from food shortages alone.
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| instanceOf |
book
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development studies book → economics book → non-fiction book → |
| academicDiscipline |
development studies
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economics → political science → |
| analyzes |
Bangladesh famine of 1974
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Bengal famine of 1943 → Ethiopian famines → |
| argues |
distribution and access mechanisms are central to famine
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famines can occur without aggregate food shortage → market failures and policy failures contribute to famine → |
| author |
Amartya Sen
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| coreConcept |
endowment
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entitlement → exchange entitlement → failure of entitlements → food availability decline → |
| countryOfPublication |
United Kingdom
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| criticizes |
food availability decline theory of famine
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| fieldOfStudy |
development economics
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economics → political economy → social choice theory → |
| hasImpactOn |
famine early warning systems
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humanitarian policy → poverty measurement debates → |
| hasPart |
case studies of historical famines
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| influenced |
capability approach debates
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famine studies → food security policy → human development theory → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
economic development
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entitlement theory → famine → food security → political economy of famine → poverty → welfare economics → |
| notableFor |
argument that famines are caused by failures of access rather than food availability decline alone
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entitlement approach to famine → |
| publicationYear |
1981
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| publisher |
Oxford University Press
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| subtitle |
An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation
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| title |
Poverty and Famines
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| usedIn |
university courses on development economics
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university courses on food security → university courses on public policy → |
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Amartya Sen
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Poverty and Famines
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