The Politics of Hunger in India

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A Study of Democracy, Governance and Kalahandi’s Poverty

ISBN: 1349408301
ISBN 13: 9781349408306
Autor: Currie, B
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: XXVI, 275 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2000
Auflage: 1/2000
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT
Artikelnummer: 9484247 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

Do people starve in democratic polities? It is often claimed that as government must respond to public needs in times of crisis, democracy has reduced famine in India since Independence. This book seeks to identify the processes which generate and perpetuate hunger in India, and what sort of intervention by public and private agencies are best suited to combat this problem. Drawing on fieldwork in the much publicised Kalahandi district, Bob Currie explains why problems of poverty and alleged starvation remain despite regular elections and extensive regional and national publicity.

Autorenporträt

BOB CURRIE is Lecturer in Development Politics at Huddersfield University, UK. He is also Review Editor of the journal Contemporary South Asia. His main research interests lie in the politics of poverty; and the politics of economic adjustment in India. This research draws on fieldwork conducted in the Orissa State of eastern India between 1992 and 1999.

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