Famine in the Sudan
Author | : Luka Biong Deng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Famines |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Luka Biong Deng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Famines |
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Author | : Jemera Rone |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Why the Attack Failed
Author | : Luka Biong Deng Kuol |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2021-08-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780645210514 |
This book analyses the root and proximate causes of the Bahr el Ghazal famine in 1998 as a chain of political, environmental, economic and social factors, as well as a failure of public action and early warning systems. It is estimated about 70,000 persons died as a result of lack of food and mass starvation. This famine emerged from a long history of political repression by successive governments in Sudan that aimed at destroying the lives and livelihoods in Bahr el Ghazal region. This process resulted not only in the erosion of sources of livelihoods of the rural population but also made them increasingly susceptible to exogenous shocks such as climate change, El-Nino and counterinsurgency warfare.The book shows that the poor management of the famine in 1998 was largely related to lack of a common understanding of famine and the poor quality of information generated by early warning systems that resulted in divided opinion among the charity agencies about the severity of food crisis. It was left to the western media to reveal the presence of the famine and trigger, though late, a massive international relief response.This book is a good resource for readers and practitioners in food security, development, and humanitarian assistance and intervention. "Africa famine is not a visitation of fate. It is largely man-made, and the men who made it are largely Africans." P.J.O'Rourke
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Famines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander De Waal |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780253211583 |
Who is responsible for the failures? African generals and politicians are the prime culprits for creating famines in Sudan, Somalia and Zaire, but western donors abet their authoritarianism, partly through imposing structural adjustment programmes.
Author | : Øystein H. Rolandsen |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789171065377 |
"Guerrilla Government provides the background for today's political situation at the eve of a peace agreement for the South. It starts with a brief account of the historical roots of the second civil war and provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of the split in SPLM/A in 1991. The author then discusses the movement's political and administrative structures and its interaction with other parties at the Southern Sudanese scene prior to its National Convention in 1994. The National Convention and the results of its political and administrative reforms are scrutinised, and the book is brought to a conclusion with a short comment on the prospects of the future government of the Southern Sudan."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Stephen Devereux |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2006-11-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134227256 |
The recent occurrences of famine in Ethiopia and Southern Africa have propelled this key issue back into the public arena for the first time since 1984, as once again it becomes a priority - not only for lesser developed countries but also for the international community. Exploring the paradox that is the persistence of famine in the contemporary world, this book looks at the way the nature of famine is changing in the face of globalization and shifting geo-political forces. The book challenges perceived wisdom about the causes of famine and analyzes the worst cases of recent years – including close analysis of food scarcity in North Korea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Malawi and less well known cases in Madagascar, Iraq and Bosnia. With fresh conceptual frameworks and analytical tools, major theoretical constructs which have previously been applied to analyze famines (such as the 'democracy ends famine' argument, Sen’s 'entitlement approach' and the 'complex political emergency' framework) are confronted. This volume assembles an international team of contributors, including Marcus Noland, Alex de Waal and Dan Maxwell; an impressive roster which helps make this book an important resource for those in the fields of development studies and political economics.
Author | : Andrew S. Natsios |
Publisher | : United States Institute of Peace Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
An administrator of the US Agency for International Development with first-hand experience of conditions and events, Natsios provides a provocative analysis of the 1995-99 disaster. He focuses on its political elements--both the North Korean policies that exacerbated the problems and the politics that prevented governments and NGOs from acting quickly.
Author | : Mike Davis |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2002-06-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1859843824 |
This global environmental and political history “will redefine the way we think about the European colonial project” (Observer). “ . . . sets the triumph of the late 19th-century Western imperialism in the context of catastrophic El Niño weather patterns at that time . . . groundbreaking, mind-stretching.” —The Independent Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants’ lives.
Author | : Sara Darehshori |
Publisher | : Human Rights Watch |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Crimes against humanity |
ISBN | : 1564325083 |
This 128-page report draws upon Human Rights Watch's work over the past 20 years in nearly 20 countries. The report documents how ignoring atrocities reinforces a culture of impunity that encourages future abuses. Rather than impede negotiations or a transition to peace, remaining firm on justice can yield short- and long-term benefits. Anticipated negative consequences of pressing for accountability often do not come to pass. Justice is also important as a matter of principle. Fair trials may assist in restoring dignity to victims by acknowledging their suffering--Publisher description.