The New Famines: Why Famines Persist In An Era Of Globalization

Introduction : From 'old Famines' To 'new Famines' / Stephen Devereux -- Famine Scales : Towards An Instrumental Definition Of 'famine' / Paul Howe And Stephen Devereux -- The Criminalization Of Mass Starvations : From Natural Disaster To Crime Against Humanity / Jenny Edkins -- Sen's Entitlement Approach : Critiques And Counter-critiques / Stephen Devereux -- Aids, Hunger And Destitution : Theory And Evidence For The 'new Variant Famines' Hypothesis In Africa / Alex De Waal -- Pre-modern, Modern And Postmodern Famine In Iraq, 1990-2003 / Haris Gazdar -- Malawi's First Famine, 2001-2002 / Stephen Devereux And Zoltan Tiba -- An Atypical Urban Famine : Antananarivo, Madagascar 1985-1986 / Michel Garenne -- North Korea As A 'new' Famine / Marcus Noland -- Why Do Famines Persist In The Horn Of Africa? Ethiopia, 1999-2003 / Sue Lautze And Daniel Maxwell -- Increased Rural Vulnerability In The Era Of Globalization : Conflict And Famine In Sudan During The 1990s / Luka Biong Deng -- Why Are There No Longer 'war Famines' In Contemporary Europe? Bosnia Besieged, 1992-1995 / Fiona Watson -- Is Democracy The Answer? Famine Prevention In Two Indian States / Dan Banik -- Can Gm Crops Prevent Famine In Africa? / Ian Scoones -- Priority Regimes And Famine / Paul Howe. Edited By Stephen Devereux. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.