Political Economy of Hunger: Selected Essays - Selected Essays

Zusatztext The most definitive recent analysis of the problems of hunger and deprivation in the three continents of Asia! Africa! and Latin America ... The range of issues and countries covered is nothing short of extraordinary. Jean Dreze was formerly Lecturer in Development Economics at the London School of Economics.Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. Klappentext The Political Economy of Hunger is the classic analysis of an extraordinary paradox: in a world of food surpluses and satiety! hunger kills millions more people each year than wars or political repression. Now this abridged version! edited by Athar Hussain! puts the most influential essays from the three-volume work within the reach of concerned citizens. Ranging from Africa to South Asia to China! and written by an international array of authorities! the essays included in this abridgement give the best available analysis of the causes of worldwide hunger and deprivation! and the best hope for effective aid policies in the future. Zusammenfassung The three volumes of the original work have been merged and edited to produce an abridged paperback that will be useful for students. The papers address a wide range of issues centred around solutions to the problems of international hunger and deprivation.

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• Authors: Jean Dreze, Jean Sen Dreze
• Assisted by: Jean Dreze (Editor), Jean Drèze (Editor), Athar Hussain (Editor), Athur Hussian (Editor), Amartya Sen (Editor), Amartya K. Sen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1995
• EAN: 9780198288831
• ISBN: 978-0-19-828883-1
• No. of pages: 642
• Series: WIDER Studies in Development Economics; Wider Studies in Development E; Wider Studies in Development E; WIDER Studies in Development Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education