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Contemporary Famine Analysis

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Political Science Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27306-8

ISBN: 978-3-319-27304-4

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Dec 12, 2015

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Chapter 1Introduction

Rubin, Olivier

Pages: 1 –5

[In 1981, two books in particular battled to become the bestselling nonfiction book that year. According to the New York Times, the feud stood between The Beverly Hills Diet by stylish starlet Judy Maze and Never Say Diet by the charismatic and flamboyant Richard Simmons. In the shadow of this...
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Chapter 2Understanding Famine

Rubin, Olivier

Pages: 7 –19

[This chapter discusses how famine can be defined and operationalized. While acknowledging the benefits of understanding famine as an ongoing process, the chapter subscribes to an understanding of famine as a discrete event identifiable by an increase in mortality caused by mass starvation and...
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Chapter 3Classical Famine Approaches

Rubin, Olivier

Pages: 21 –36

[This chapter discusses three prominent classical famine frameworks that still have an influence on how we understand famine today. The Malthusian approach sees population growth as the main (and virtuous) determinant of famine. The Smithian approach argues that flawed state intervention is the...
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Chapter 4The Entitlement Approach

Rubin, Olivier

Pages: 37 –55

[Sen’s entitlement approach treats famines as socio-economic problems rather than food availability problems. The approach focuses on the set of alternative commodity bundles that can be acquired through legal channels of acquirement. Entitlement failures occur when it is no longer possible to...
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Chapter 5The Political System

Rubin, Olivier

Pages: 57 –71

[This chapter addresses the relationship between political systems and famine. According to the dominant theory, pluralistic institutions allow the media, the voters and the opposition to mount a pressure on governments to prevent famines. A deterministic interpretation of the theory would argue...
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Chapter 6The Political Accountability Approach

Rubin, Olivier

Pages: 73 –99

[This chapter develops a political approach to famine. The approach is based on ethical deliberations of humanitarian accountability which support the argument that governments must carry the core responsibility for famines while other key actors should only be assigned contributory...

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