Hunger and public action

Intro -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- Part I: Hunger in the Modern World -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Past and Present -- 1.2 Famine and Chronic Undernourishment -- 1.3 Some Elementary Concepts -- 1.4 Public Action for Social Security -- 2 Entitlement and Deprivation -- 2.1 Deprivation and the Law -- 2.2 Entitlement Failures and Economic Analysis -- 2.3 Availability, Command and Occupations -- 2.4 The 'Food Crisis' in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3 Nutrition and Capability -- 3.1 World Hunger: How Much? -- 3.2 Food Deprivation and Undernourishment -- 3.3 Poverty and Basic Capabilities -- 4 Society, Class and Gender -- 4.1 Are Famines Natural Phenomena? -- 4.2 Society and Cooperative Conflicts -- 4.3 Female Deprivation and Gender Bias -- 4.4 Famine Mortality and Gender Divisions -- 4.5 Gender and Cooperative Conflicts -- 4.6 Protection, Promotion and Social Security -- Part II: Famines -- 5 Famines and Social Response -- 5.1 Famine Prevention and Entitlement Protection -- 5.2 African Challenge and International Perception -- 5.3 Informal Security Systems and Concerted Action -- 5.4 Aspects of Traditional Response -- 5.5 Early Warning and Early Action -- 6 Famines, Markets and Intervention -- 6.1 The Strategy of Direct Delivery -- 6.2 Availability, Prices and Entitlements -- 6.3 Private Trade and Famine Vulnerability -- 6.4 Speculation, Hoarding and Public Distribution -- 6.5 Cash Support -- 6.6 An Adequate Plurality -- 7 Strategies of Entitlement Protection -- 7.1 Non-exclusion, Targeting and Selection -- 7.2 Alternative Selection Mechanisms -- 7.3 Feeding and Family -- 7.4 Employment and Entitlement -- 7.5 A Concluding Remark -- 8 Experiences and Lessons -- 8.1 The Indian Experience -- 8.2 A Case-Study: The Maharashtra Drought of 1970-1973 -- 8.3 Some African Successes -- 8.4 Lessons from African Successes.