Format:
1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:
9780230509283
Content:
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.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Politics, Poverty and Hunger: Theoretical Considerations -- 2 Poverty, Politics and the Political -- 3 Political Culture and Political Process in Welfare Protection -- Part 2 Politics, Poverty and Hunger in Nawapada and Kalahandi, Orissa, Eastern India -- Introduction: Nawapada andKalahandi Districts -- 4 The Politics of Poverty, Commonality and Power in Nawapada and Kalahandi: a Historical Analysis -- 5 Procedural Guidelines for Relief Administration in Orissa -- 6 Translating Procedure into Practice: Policy Networks for Relief and Development -- 7 Public Action and its Limits: Authority's Response to Critical Questioning -- 8 Hunger, Poverty and the Political in Nawapada and Kalahandi: Concluding Statements -- Notes -- Index -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
9780333735282
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780333735282
Language:
English
