Entitlement failure and deprivation: A critique of Sen's famine philosophy

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-558

  Elahi, Khandakar Qudrat I ^a,b  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMIC THEORY; FAMINE;

EID: 33646807142     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380600680771     Document Type: Article

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