Democracy and famine/
Olivier Rubin
- New York: Routledge, 2011.
- 204p.
Cover; 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. Inferring from Sen's empirical example, India Conclusion;
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;
9 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 Plümper'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. Moving beyond the focus on democracy
Bibliography; Index.
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Famines -- Prevention Democracy -- Developing countries Nutrition policy -- Developing countries