Hunger Theory, Perspectives and Reality

"Hunger is an issue which has been subject to much rigorous intellectual examination by economists, philosophers, sociologists, NGO's and governments. This volume provides a critical overview of current academic and political perspectives and then compares these views from the 'non-hungry' people with those of the 'hungry', particularly from a broad range of poor communities in India. Their views are gathered using participatory rural appraisal techniques and the scale of the material presented is unprecedented. Not surprisingly, the comparisons show that the perceptions of the hungry are fundamentally different from those of the non hungry. It makes compelling suggestions about how best policy makers can attempt to eliminate hunger based on what the hungry themselves suggest. The book also draws attention to the critical role of Common Property Resources and women in the fight against under-nutrition, which have so far been largely ignored."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: The prevalent literature on the subject of food security, drawing from the "Entitlement and Deprivation (ED) Thesis" (Sen, 1981 and Dreze and Sen, 1989), defines an individual to be food secure when there is enough food in the system that he/she can buy (food availability), when he/she has the capacity to buy that food (ability to buy food), and when the food that the individual buys provides her/

Year

2004

Language

English

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing

Editions

1

Pages

446

ISBN

9780754617716

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