Chapter 10. Entitlements and Deprivation

Author: Sen, Amartya

Source: Poverty and Famines, January 1983 , pp. 154-257(104)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

In this final chapter, the entitlement approach advocated by the author to the causation of starvation and famine is further consolidated by taking up general issues of deprivation related to entitlement systems. Reasons for rejecting the view that famines are caused by food availability decline are summarized.

Keywords: starvation; deprivation; entitlements; famine; entitlement systems; food availability decline

Document Type: Research article

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