Starvation and India's Democracy Contributor(s): Banik, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415544653 ISBN-13: 9780415544658 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Political Science | Political Economy |
Dewey: 363.856 |
Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.76 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book analyzes India's impressive efforts in responding to sensational and easily visible disasters in contrast to the 'silent emergency' of drought-induced under nutrition and starvation deaths. Building on Amartya Sen's famous claim that no famine has ever occurred in a democratic country, it re-examines the relationship between democracy, public action and famine prevention. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data in India at national, state and local levels as well as in-depth field visits to two states on India's east coast, Orissa and West Bengal, the author analyzes the following issues:
Starvation and India's Democracy will be of interest to researchers in economics, political science, philosophy, development studies and South Asian studies. |