Poverty and Famines (e-bog) af Sen, Amartya
Sen, Amartya (forfatter)

Poverty and Famines e-bog

359,43 DKK (inkl. moms 449,29 DKK)
The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis-the 'entitlement approach'-concentrating on ownership and exchange, not on food supply. The book also provides a general analysis of the characterization and measurement of poverty. Various approaches used in economics, sociology, and poli...
E-bog 359,43 DKK
Forfattere Sen, Amartya (forfatter)
Forlag OUP Oxford
Udgivet 20 januar 1983
Genrer JFFC1
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780191037436
The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis-the 'entitlement approach'-concentrating on ownership and exchange, not on food supply. The book also provides a general analysis of the characterization and measurement of poverty. Various approaches used in economics, sociology, and political theory are critically examined. The predominance of distributionalissues, including distribution between different occupation groups, links up the problem of conceptualizing poverty with that of analyzing starvation.