The Political Economy of Hunger: Political Economy of Hunger

Reviews / Votes

`the authors are highly respected and the series draws on an extraordinary data base and comparison between countries. Bringing all this together is Amartya Sen. Lamont University Professor at Harvard, who has an unparalleled reputation for his work on famine, equity, and development economics ... This series forms the most definitive recent analysis of the problems of hunger and deprivation in the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The range of issues and countries covered is nothing short of extraordinary.'
Dissent 'The volumes will become a standard reference for research in the field of hunger, famines and poverty and some of the papers are appropriate for reading lists in under- and post-graduate courses. The value of the approach to famine and hunger developed by Sen and Dreze ultimately lies in case studies.'
Athar Hussain, London School of Economics, The Economic Journal, Dec '91 `Together with its companion volumes, this collection is a valuable contribution to the study of world hunger.'
Food Policy `This is a valuable companion to the first two excellent volumes, all desirable additions to upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections in development economics.'
Social and Behavioral Sciences 'The array of articles in all three Dreze and Sen volumes is astounding.'
Thomas R. DeGregori, University of Houston, Africa Today, 4th Quarter 1992 'the most ambitious treatment of the intertwined issues of hunger, famines and well-being currently in print ... Dreze and Sen's collection is a massive achievement and will doubtless become an obligatory reference for every student on the subject. Certain essays, notably those by Jean Dreze himself, should also become obligatory reading for all practitioners in the field.'
Development and Change, Vol. 24 (1993) A must for the study of poverty and famine. * Arabsheibani, London School of Economics *