Political Economy of Hunger Volume 1: Entitlement and Wellbeing

by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen

Book Overview

This volume is the first of three addressing a wide range of policy issues relating to the role of public action in combating hunger and deprivation in the modern world. It deals with the background nutritional, economic, social, and political aspects of the problem of world hunger.

Topics covered include the characteristics and causal antecedents of famines and endemic deprivation, the interconnections between economic and political factors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019886017X
• ISBN13: 9780198860174
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"