Stephen Devereux is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.

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• 1. Introduction: From ‘Old Famines’ to ‘New Famines’ 2. Famine Scales: Towards an Instrumental Definition of ‘Famine’ 3. The Criminalization of Mass Starvations: From Natural Disaster to Crime Against Humanity 4. Sen’s Entitlement Approach: Critiques and Counter-Critiques 5. AIDS, Hunger and Destitution: Theory and Evidence for the ‘New Variant Famines’ Hypothesis in Africa 6. Pre-Modern, Modern and Postmodern Famine in Iraq: 1990-2003 7. Malawi’s First Famine: 2001-2 8. An Atypical Urban Famine: Antananarivo, Madagascar 1985-6 9. North Korea as a ‘New’ Famine 10. Why Do Famines Persist in the Horn of Africa? Ethiopia: 1999-2003 11. Increased Rural Vulnerability in the Era of Globalization: Conflict and Famine in Sudan during the 1990s 12. Why Are There No Longer ‘War Famines’ in Contemporary Europe? The Case of the Besieged Areas of Bosnia: 1992-5 13. Is Democracy the Answer? Famine Prevention in Two Indian States 14. Can GM Crops Prevent Famine in Africa? 15. Priority Regimes and Famine

Stephen Devereux is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.

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• 1. Introduction: From ‘Old Famines’ to ‘New Famines’ 2. Famine Scales: Towards an Instrumental Definition of ‘Famine’ 3. The Criminalization of Mass Starvations: From Natural Disaster to Crime Against Humanity 4. Sen’s Entitlement Approach: Critiques and Counter-Critiques 5. AIDS, Hunger and Destitution: Theory and Evidence for the ‘New Variant Famines’ Hypothesis in Africa 6. Pre-Modern, Modern and Postmodern Famine in Iraq: 1990-2003 7. Malawi’s First Famine: 2001-2 8. An Atypical Urban Famine: Antananarivo, Madagascar 1985-6 9. North Korea as a ‘New’ Famine 10. Why Do Famines Persist in the Horn of Africa? Ethiopia: 1999-2003 11. Increased Rural Vulnerability in the Era of Globalization: Conflict and Famine in Sudan during the 1990s 12. Why Are There No Longer ‘War Famines’ in Contemporary Europe? The Case of the Besieged Areas of Bosnia: 1992-5 13. Is Democracy the Answer? Famine Prevention in Two Indian States 14. Can GM Crops Prevent Famine in Africa? 15. Priority Regimes and Famine

Stephen Devereux is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.

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• 1. Introduction: From ‘Old Famines’ to ‘New Famines’ 2. Famine Scales: Towards an Instrumental Definition of ‘Famine’ 3. The Criminalization of Mass Starvations: From Natural Disaster to Crime Against Humanity 4. Sen’s Entitlement Approach: Critiques and Counter-Critiques 5. AIDS, Hunger and Destitution: Theory and Evidence for the ‘New Variant Famines’ Hypothesis in Africa 6. Pre-Modern, Modern and Postmodern Famine in Iraq: 1990-2003 7. Malawi’s First Famine: 2001-2 8. An Atypical Urban Famine: Antananarivo, Madagascar 1985-6 9. North Korea as a ‘New’ Famine 10. Why Do Famines Persist in the Horn of Africa? Ethiopia: 1999-2003 11. Increased Rural Vulnerability in the Era of Globalization: Conflict and Famine in Sudan during the 1990s 12. Why Are There No Longer ‘War Famines’ in Contemporary Europe? The Case of the Besieged Areas of Bosnia: 1992-5 13. Is Democracy the Answer? Famine Prevention in Two Indian States 14. Can GM Crops Prevent Famine in Africa? 15. Priority Regimes and Famine