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The limits to scarcity : contesting the politics of allocation / edited by Lyla Mehta.
| Other author | Mehta, Lyla. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, ©2010. |
| Description | xxvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Science in society series Science in society series. ^A700048 |
| Contents | The scare, naturalization and politicization of scarcity / Lyla Mehta -- Everybody's got the fever: scarcity and US national energy policy / Nicholas Xenos -- The ghosts of Malthus: Narratives and mobilizations of scarcity in the US political context / Betsy Hartmann -- Economics and scarcity: with Amartya Sen as point of departure? / Ben Fine -- Deconstructing economic interpretations of sustainable development: limits, scarcity and abundance / Fred Luks -- Water can and ought to run freely: reflections on the notion of 'scarcity' in economics / Sajay Samuel and Jean Robert -- A bit of the other: why scarcity isn't all it's cracked up to be / Michael Thompson -- 'Scarcity' as political strategy: reflections on three hanging children / Nicholas Hildyard -- Seeing scarcity: understanding soil fertility in Africa / Ian Scoones -- Chronic hunger: a problem of scarcity or inequity? / Erik Millstone -- A share response to water scarcity: moving beyond the volumetric / Bruce Lankford -- Advocacy of water scarcity: leakages in the argument / Jasveen Jairath -- The construction and destruction of scarcity in development: water and power experiences in Nepal / Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit -- Afterword: looking beyond scarcity? / Lyla Mehta. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010019662 |
| ISBN | 9781844074570 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1844074579 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781844075423 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1844075427 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HB846 .L56 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |