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 ⓘ
development studies book ⓘ
economics book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline development studies ⓘ
economics ⓘ
political science ⓘ
analyzes Bangladesh famine of 1974 ⓘ
Bengal famine of 1943 ⓘ
Ethiopian famines ⓘ
argues distribution and access mechanisms are central to famine ⓘ
famines can occur without aggregate food shortage ⓘ
market failures and policy failures contribute to famine ⓘ
author Amartya Sen ⓘ
coreConcept endowment ⓘ
entitlement ⓘ
exchange entitlement ⓘ
failure of entitlements ⓘ
food availability decline ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes food availability decline theory of famine ⓘ
fieldOfStudy development economics ⓘ
economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
social choice theory ⓘ
hasImpactOn famine early warning systems ⓘ
humanitarian policy ⓘ
poverty measurement debates ⓘ
hasPart case studies of historical famines ⓘ
influenced capability approach debates ⓘ
famine studies ⓘ
food security policy ⓘ
human development theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject economic development ⓘ
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 ⓘ
entitlement approach to famine ⓘ
publicationYear 1981 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
subtitle An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation ⓘ
title Poverty and Famines ⓘ
usedIn university courses on development economics ⓘ
university courses on food security ⓘ
university courses on public policy ⓘ

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