The entitlement approach: A case for framework development rather than demolition: A comment on 'entitlement failure and deprivation: A critique of sen's famine philosophy'

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-640

  Rubin, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 67650309527     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802649947     Document Type: Note

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