Amitava Mukherjee

Hunger: Theory, Perspectives and Reality (eBook, PDF)

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• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Hunger is an issue which has been subject to much rigorous intellectual examination by economists, philosophers, sociologists, NGOs and governments. This volume provides a critical overview of current academic and political perspectives and then compares these views from thenon-hungry people with those of thehungry particularly from a broad range of poor communities in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351156196
• Artikelnr.: 50407410

Autorenporträt

Amitava Mukherjee

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Institutional sanctions, choice and secondary food system as elements in the explanation of hunger
The theory of hunger: the economists' perspectives
The theory of hunger: the social and political perspectives
Community perspective on hunger from a backward state, village Chandpur, Varanasi
A second perspective on hunger in a backward state, from villagers of Tikri, Varanasi
Community perspective on hunger from vegetable producing farmers: village Uncha Gaon, Faridabad
Perspectives of rural women on food security from a tribal village (in West Bengal) - 1993 to 1998
A note on force field analysis of hunger in the four villages of Varanasi and Faridabad
A note on food security in villages of a perpetually hunger stricken district, Bolangir
Summary and conclusions: the reality check
References and select bibliography.