 Political Routes to StarvationBas Dianda in Vernon Press Titles in Economics from Vernon Art and Science Inc Abstract: This book seeks to reclassify famine by offering an in-depth look at the phenomenon that continues to affect millions of people across the world every year. Defined as a widespread scarcity of food, Dr. Basilio Dianda argues that the causes of famine cannot be reduced exclusively to a shortfall in agricultural output or to economic dynamics. Instead, an analysis of famine must take into account political and economic factors as well as agricultural, climatologic and demographic data. ‘Political Routes to Starvation’ is the result of an all-encompassing analysis of eighty famines from across the globe. This extensive piece of research demonstrates that there are not only multiple factors at play in the genesis of a food crisis, but also in its evolution to starvation. Dianda contends that in order to fully understand the causes of famine it is necessary to reinstate a hierarchy between foundation and concomitant causes, especially when cross-comparing cases. Importantly, Dianda maintains that only a comprehensive approach to famine can appropriately answer the questions What is famine? How does famine occur? Why does famine kill? Keywords: The concept of Famine and the concept of starvation; Evolution of Famine over time; Is Famine history?; Will be the future free from famines?; Famine natural or manmade disaster?; Double role of economic factors in the genesis and development of famine; Politics and famine; Famine as a weapon; Communist famines; Can the free-market economic model generate famines?; Colonial famines; Influence of demographic and climatological factors in the occurrence and development of famine; Volcanism and famine; Agricultural techniques development and famine; Food insecurity and famine; Historical famines (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vpr:ecbook:365 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this book More books in Vernon Press Titles in Economics from Vernon Art and Science Inc 1000 N West Street, Suite 1200. |
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