The politics of scarcity: Conceptualising the current food security crisis in southern Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 315-317

  Vogel, Coleen ^a   Smith, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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19. Cf. Bowbrick P. (1986). The causes of famine: A refutation of professor sen's theory. Food Policy 11, 105- 124. de Waal A. (1990). A reassessment of entitlement theory in light of recent famines in Africa. Development and Change 21(3), 469-490. Devereux S. (1988). Entitlements, availability and famine: A revisionist view of Wollo, 1972-74. Food Policy 13, 270-282.
20. Cf. Bowbrick P. (1986). The causes of famine: A refutation of Professor Sen's theory. Food Policy 11, 105- 124. de Waal A. (1990). A reassessment of entitlement theory in light of recent famines in Africa. Development and Change 21(3), 469-490. Devereux S. (1988). Entitlements, availability and famine: A revisionist view of Wollo, 1972-74. Food Policy 13, 270-282.