The benefits of famine : a political economy of famine and relief in southwestern Sudan, 1983-1989 /...
The benefits of famine : a political economy of famine and relief in southwestern Sudan, 1983-1989 /...
The benefits of famine : a political economy of famine and relief in southwestern Sudan, 1983-1989 / David Keen.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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N363.809624/1
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Overview -- Ch. 2. Famine and Exploitation in Historical Perspective -- Ch. 3. Victims and Beneficiaries: A Case Study of Famine as a Combination of Exploitative Processes -- Ch. 4. The Inadequacy of Relief: A "Policy Success" for Powerful Groups in Sudan? -- Ch. 5. The Inadequacy of Relief:...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
Identifying those Sudanese interests that actively promoted famine and obstructed relief, Keen shows how the assets of the politically powerless Dinka were forcibly transferred to beneficiary groups. In a sense, and contrary to the emphasis of Amartya Sen, it was the Dinkas' wealth, rather than their poverty, which exposed them to famine in a conte...
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The benefits of famine : a political economy of famine and relief in southwestern Sudan, 1983-1989 / David Keen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-277) and index.
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c1994.
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N363.809624/1
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0691034230 (acid-free paper)
9780691034232 (acid-free paper)
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363.809624
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991022655969702626
