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Hunger and Public Action

by Jean Dreze (Editor), Amartya Sen (Editor)

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This book analyses the role of public action in solving the problem of hunger in the modern world and is divided into four parts: Hunger in the modern world, Famines, Undernutrition and deprivation, and Hunger and public action.
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This is a study on the role that public action can play in eradicating hunger
and famine. It covers a wide range of issues related to this theme, including
the nutritional, economic, social and political causes of hunger, the strategy
of famine prevention, the connections betwen economic growth and public
support, the influence of class and gender conflicts, the role of adversarial
politics, and the relationship between state action and public action.
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This book analyses the role of public action in solving the problem of hunger in the modern world and is divided into four parts: Hunger in the modern world, Famines, Undernutrition and deprivation, and Hunger and public action.

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