LEADER 04485oam 2200733I 450 001 9910465402803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-58995-8 010 $a9786613902405 010 $a0-203-83671-5 010 $a1-136-86542-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203836712 035 $a(CKB)2560000000092841 035 $a(EBL)1020233 035 $a(OCoLC)810077968 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711183 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12287817 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711183 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682586 035 $a(PQKB)10745308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1020233 035 $a(PPN)198455690 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1020233 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10598667 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390240 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000092841 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy and famine /$fOlivier Rubin 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v37 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-87427-2 311 $a0-415-59822-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [182]-195) and index. 327 $aCover; Democracy and Famine; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Structure of book; 2 Presentation of Sen's theory of democracy and famine; Outlining Sen's theory of democracy and famine; Earlier critiques of Sen's democracy theory; The three different democracy propositions; 3 Conceptualization and operationalization of democracy; Conceptualizing democracy; The question of governance; Conclusion; Operationalization of democracy; Conclusion; 4 Discussion of Sen's understanding of democracy; Inferring from Sen's writings 327 $aInferring from Sen's empirical example, IndiaConclusion; 5 Famines in Bangladesh, Sudan and India; The concept of famine and case-study design; The 1974 Bangladesh famine; The Sudanese famine of 1986-89; Indian famines since independence; Conclusion; 6 The Malawi famine of 2002; The Malawian democracy; The Malawian famine; Tracing system deficiencies; Conclusion; 7 The Niger famine of 2005; Democracy in Niger; The Niger famine; Tracing system deficiencies; Conclusion; 8 Democracy and famine: Quantitative evidence; Existing cross-country empirical evidence; Cross-country empirical evidence 327 $aConclusion9 Multiple starvation deaths in India; Starvation deaths in West Bengal; The political triggers; Legal assembly dynamics; The politicized panchayats; Distrust and stigmatization; The village-specific factors; Conclusion; 10 Discussion of other macro-level causal approaches; De Waal's anti-famine contract; Dan Banik's freedom; Neumayer and Plu?mper's electorate size; 11 Counter-productive democratic mechanisms; The validity of the three propositions; The limitations of the focus on democracy and politicization; Conclusion; 12 Conclusion; The three propositions - results 327 $aMoving beyond the focus on democracyBibliography; Index 330 $aFamine is the most extreme manifestation of the existence of poverty, inequality and political apathy. Whereas poverty, hunger and diseases are not easily eradicated in the world today, famines are often perceived to be relatively simple to avert. However, the political incentives to prevent famines are not always present. Inspired by the work of Amartya Sen, whose influential hypothesis that democratic institutions together with a free press provide effective protection from famine, Democracy and Famine is a study combining qualitative and quantitative evidence, analysing t 410 0$aRoutledge Research in Comparative Politics 606 $aFood supply$xPolitical aspects 606 $aFamines$xPrevention 606 $aFamines$xPrevention$vCase studies 606 $aDemocracy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFood supply$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aFamines$xPrevention. 615 0$aFamines$xPrevention 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a363.8 700 $aRubin$b Olivier.$0788525 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465402803321 996 $aDemocracy and famine$92020256 997 $aUNINA