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The theme setting and particular relevance of artificial or man-made famines seems to come up in intervals, when tensions re-arise between 'Western' powers and Russia and seems to be useful for the purposes of 'demonizing' 'Putin'—the current President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin (2000–2008; 2012–)—, 'the Kremlin', the Russian government; or simply 'Russia' in the eyes of 'the West'. In recent years, the famine of 1932–1933 has reached new heights as a politicized event to be instrumentalized in a 'memory war' on many discursive levels (history, mass media, memorialization, etc.) between key-representatives of the current countries Ukraine and Russia (Hordijk 2018). This should, symptomatically, remind us of the sheer power that media narratives have in shaping public imaginations. Das besprochene Buch:Anne Elizabeth Applebaum. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine. ISBN-13: 978–0–241–00380–0. London: Allen Lane, September 2017. Hardcover; 512 Seiten; unverbindliche Preisempfehlung: £25.00. ; The theme setting and particular relevance of artificial or man-made famines seems to come up in intervals, when tensions re-arise between 'Western' powers and Russia and seems to be useful for the purposes of 'demonizing' 'Putin'—the current President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin (2000–2008; 2012–)—, 'the Kremlin', the Russian government; or simply 'Russia' in the eyes of 'the West'. In recent years, the famine of 1932–1933 has reached new heights as a politicized event to be instrumentalized in a 'memory war' on many discursive levels (history, mass media, memorialization, etc.) between key-representatives of the current countries Ukraine and Russia (Hordijk 2018). This should, symptomatically, remind us of the sheer power that media narratives have in shaping public imaginations. The reviewed book:Anne Elizabeth Applebaum. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine. ISBN-13: 978–0–241–00380–0. London: Allen Lane, September 2017. Hardcover; 512 pages; recommended retail price: £25.00. ; The theme setting and particular relevance of artificial or man-made famines seems to come up in intervals, when tensions re-arise between 'Western' powers and Russia and seems to be useful for the purposes of 'demonizing' 'Putin'—the current President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin (2000–2008; 2012–)—, 'the Kremlin', the Russian government; or simply 'Russia' in the eyes of 'the West'. In recent years, the famine of 1932–1933 has reached new heights as a politicized event to be instrumentalized in a 'memory war' on many discursive levels (history, mass media, memorialization, etc.) between key-representatives of the current countries Ukraine and Russia (Hordijk 2018). This should, symptomatically, remind us of the sheer power that media narratives have in shaping public imaginations. Den anmeldte boken:Anne Elizabeth Applebaum. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine. ISBN-13: 978–0–241–00380–0. London: Allen Lane, september 2017. Hardcover; 512 sider; veiledende pris: £25.00.

'No country can ever be held in just estimation', proclaimed Arthur Young in 1780, 'when the rental of it is unknown': and Young , in his Tour in Ireland, proceeded to estimate the rental of this country. His was the rhetoric of the political arithmetician, but he was neither the first nor the last to embark on aggregate calculations. Several of the best-known past observers of the Irish scene, from Sir William Petty to the elder Wakefield, also left their o w n estimates. Some, like Wakefield's, were carefully worked out; others, such as Dean Swift's, were based almost totally on hearsay or speculation.

By applying a widely accepted method for famine operationalization, the 2005 food crisis in Niger is categorized as a famine. This presents a unique opportunity to assess Amartya Sen's two most important famine contributions: (1) the entitlement framework for famine analysis; and (2) the hypothesis of a positive effect of democracy on famine protection. The fact that the Niger famine was caused by unfavorable terms of trade rather than a collapse in food production supports the focus of the entitlement framework on access to food; nevertheless, the belated and inadequate response to the crisis from the democratically elected Nigerien government appears to undermine the link between a pluralistic political system and effective famine protection.