Harichandan Pradeep (4 results)

Condition: New. pp. xvii + 351 Illus.

Condition: New. pp. xvii + 351.

Condition: New. pp. xvii + 351 Index 1st Edition.

Contents Acknowledgement Preface 1 State market and hunger 2 Conceptualizing hunger 3 The new image of hunger 4 Kalahandi the land of hunger 5 Roots of hunger 6 Food security a distant dream 7 State and sustenance against hunger 8 Faces of hunger 9 Survival against hunger 10 Rethinking hunger Select bibliography Annexures IndexCombining insights from extensive review of past studies and analyses understanding of historical evolution of land relations in Kalahandi Region; and empirical data from a household sample survey the book unravels the exploitative process in the society that leads to hunger and malnutrition The author forcefully shows how the land labour money market and food interlock to the disadvantage of the poor turning them into destitutes Even migration to get out of the trap does not helpThe crux of the problem is that the government is neither able to deal with the nature of the exploitative process nor provide support to the poor through its various poverty reduction programmes More often than not it even refuses to recognize that deaths occur due to starvation and hunger It would rather blame the disease that afflicts the poor people due to hunger and resulting malnutritionThe author through his painstaking research has brought out the many faces of hunger with great sensitivity The book is a passionate plea for stronger government action and a more active role of the civil society 352 pp.…