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The Politics of Hunger in India. A Study of Democracy, Governance and Kalahandi's Poverty.
B. Currie
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Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. Weight in Grams: 331.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349408306
SKU
V9781349408306
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99-15
About B. Currie
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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