Development schemes are common throughout the third world. Many fail, but the reasons for failure or success are only too often not adequately studied....Loe edasi...
This new work contributes to addressing the challenge of eradicating global hunger, by looking at the obstacles which prevent the implementation of a right to food in the era of globalisation....Loe edasi...
Inspired by the work of Amartya Sen, whose influential hypothesis that democratic institutions together with a free press provide effective protection from famine, Democracy and Famine is a study combining qualitative and quantitative evidence, anal...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Mar-2009, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198567882)
Food policy has long been viewed as an essential part of the public health agenda, but this book identifies the importance of environmental damage and social inequalities to these complex issues. The authors offer a comprehensive review of current a...Loe edasi...
The Great Famine of 1845-9 remains the great climacteric in Irish history. This title contains reprints of contemporary works relating to the Great Famine, including writings on the medical conditions in Ireland at the time gathered from the Dublin...Loe edasi...
This book assesses the case of the Starter Pack programme in Malawi, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere. It covers the practicalities of implementing such a large programme and the policy debates....Loe edasi...
This book provides an analysis of the political viability of basic human rights and offers an in-depth investigation of the largest violation of human rights: world hunger....Loe edasi...
The force of hunger in shaping human character and social structure has been largely overlooked. This omission is a serious one in the study of primitive society, in which starvation is a constant menace....Loe edasi...
An analytical account of the history of subsistence crises and epidemic diseases in Late Antiquity. Based on a catalogue of all such events in the East Roman/Byzantine empire between 284 and 750, it presents an account of the causes, effects and int...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Nov-2001, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198227519)
This innovative title traces the history of food in Ireland from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The authors explore the evolution of Irish diets over the centuries, in the process putting the role of the potato and the history of the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Dec-2000, Kirjastus: OUP India, ISBN-13: 9780195653861)
This text looks at the scarcities and famines that afflicted north India in the early 19th century. It situates famine in the process of colonization and argues that political, ideological, and economic shifts during the period rendered Indian socie...Loe edasi...
This text presents a picture of living standards in pre-war Soviet Russia and the role of state-controlled distribution of food and goods as a tool of Stalinist dictatorship. It offers a different perspective on the regimes method of controlling hu...Loe edasi...
Explaining the essential political character of hunger, Young exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged, making a world where hunger is history foreseeable....Loe edasi...
This work examines literary texts by writers such as William Carleton, Anthony Trollope and James Clarence Mangan and shows how they interact with histories, sermons and economic treatises to construct a narrative of the Irish famine, when more than...Loe edasi...
This book shows that the debate on food security policies has changed with the passage of time, but the bearing of socio-economic structures on the food security of African households and their individual members are still not fully recognised....Loe edasi...
Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world....Loe edasi...
Focusing particular attention on sub-Saharan Africa, this volume deals with the control and prevention of famine. Topics covered include the problems of early warning and early action, the politics of famine prevention, the influence of market respo...Loe edasi...
This book advocates a new approach to the relief of famine and hardship in developing countries by addressing the political issues that prevent fair distribution of resources, rather than by simply seeking to provide more food and services....Loe edasi...
