West Bengal: The Politics Of Starvation Deaths In West Bengal - Evidence From The Village Of ...

West Bengal: The Politics Of Starvation Deaths In West Bengal - Evidence From The Village Of Amlashol Olivier Rubin, 2011   This article examines the local socio-political causes behind a sudden wave of starvation deaths that swept across the West Bengali village of Amlashol during the summer of 2004. Following the new paradigm of famine analysis where focus is placed on political failures, the article addresses three groups of political dynamics that together contributed to the starvation...

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