02510nam 2200601Ia 450 991045461100332120200520144314.00-8166-6619-9(CKB)1000000000723037(EBL)433176(OCoLC)471130899(SSID)ssj0000271599(PQKBManifestationID)11206536(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271599(PQKBWorkID)10295884(PQKB)11160405(MiAaPQ)EBC433176(OCoLC)741926440(MdBmJHUP)muse40057(Au-PeEL)EBL433176(CaPaEBR)ebr10277746(CaONFJC)MIL522719(EXLCZ)99100000000072303720000502d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhose hunger?[electronic resource] concepts of famine, practices of aid /Jenny EdkinsMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20001 online resource (260 p.)Borderlines ;v. 17Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3506-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.Pictures of hunger -- The emergence of famine in modernity -- Availability and entitlement -- Practices of aid -- Response and responsibility -- Complex emergency and (im)possible politics.We see famine and look for the likely causes: poor food distribution, unstable regimes, caprices of weather. A technical problem, we tell ourselves, one that modern social and natural science will someday resolve. Jenny Edkins responds to the contrary: famine in the contemporary world is not the antithesis of modernity but its symptom. A critical investigation of hunger, famine, and aid practices in international politics, Whose Hunger? shows how modernity frames our understanding of famine-and, consequently, shapes our responses. Edkins examines Malthus and the origins of famine theory in notBorderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ;v. 17.FaminesFood reliefElectronic books.Famines.Food relief.363.8Edkins Jenny863060MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454611003321Whose hunger1996459UNINA