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121-010 Famine in the Modern World | |
Note | Formerly available as 121-101. Students who have completed 121-101 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 1st year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Prof Michael Webber |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two lectures and a 2-hour laboratory or practical class per week |
Subject Description | Food supply, malnutrition and famine. This subject is centrally concerned to evaluate empirically two contrasting theories of famine. The first (Mathusian) theory argues that famine is a matter of the balance of population and environmental resources. Evidence is drawn together about demography and from environmental change and degradation, climatic fluctuations, soil degradation, salinity and desertification and the environmental impact of the green revolution. The second (political economy) theory argues that famine is a matter of the distribution of food. Evidence is drawn together about class and gender characteristics of access to food within societies and about differential access between societies, involving the implications of agribusiness and the global food trade. The subject concludes by examining the extent to which aid and other solutions to the world food problem draw upon these theories. |
Assessment | A 90-minute examination, and an essay of 2000 words, and laboratory and seminar assignments. |
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