BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 DEMOCRACY AND STARVATION; 3 KALAHANDI'S POVERTY; 4 DROUGHT AND STATE ACTION; 5 LEGAL INTERVENTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE TO STARVATION; 6 THE VOCAL PRESS; 7 THE POLITICS OF STARVATION AND CALAMITY RELIEF; 8 PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITISM; 9 PURULIA'S ACHIEVEMENT; 10 CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Building on Amartya Sen?s famous claim that no famine has ever occurred in a democratic country, €this volume€examines the relationship between democracy, public action and famine prevention in India
