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Famine is the most extreme manifestation of the existence of poverty, inequality and political apathy. Whereas poverty, hunger and diseases are not easily eradicated in the world today, famines are often perceived to be relatively simple to avert. However, the political incentives to prevent famines are not always present. Inspired by the work of Amartya Sen, whose influential hypothesis that democratic institutions together with a free press provide effective protection from famine, Democracy and Famine is a study combining qualitative and quantitative evidence, analysing t.

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.

This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mr) of 1845-1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nlkvuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932/1933. In addition to providing new insights into these events on international, national and regional scales, this volume contributes to an increased comparative historiography in historical famine studies. The parallel studies presented in this book challenge and enhance established understandings of famine tragedies, including: famine causation and culpability; social and regional famine vulnerabilities; core-periphery relationships between nations and regions; degrees of national autonomy and self-sufficiency; as well as famine memory and identity. Famines in European Economic History advocates that the impact and long-term consequences of famine for a nation should be understood in the context of evolving geopolitical relations that extend beyond its borders. Furthermore, regional structures within a nation can lead to unevenness in both the severity of the immediate famine crisis and the post-famine recovery. This book will be of interest to those in the fields of economic history, European history and economic geography.

'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.

1. Introduction -- 2. Presentation of Sen's theory of democracy and famine -- 3. Conceptualization and operationalization of democracy -- 4. Discussion of Sen's understanding of democracy -- 5. Famines in Bangladesh, Sudan and India -- 6. The Malawi famine of 2002 -- 7. The Niger famine of 2005 -- 8. Democracy and famine : quantitative evidence -- 9. Multiple starvation deaths in India -- 10. Discussion of other macro-level causal approaches -- 11. Counter-productive democratic mechanisms -- 12. Conclusion.