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| Famine and Starvation in Ethiopia: Politics, Rights, Entitlements |
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Master thesis at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Alexander Attilio Vadala
The objective of this thesis is to explore the hypothesis that there is more to famine than just drought. The paper thus aims at presenting the gap between mere rhetoric and actual reality in Ethiopia regarding the prevention of famine and starvation. The thesis is partly concerned with how acceding to international human rights treaties can improve the situation when it comes to preventing famines and starvation in Ethiopia.
The thesis tackles the three following research questions:
- Is the problem of famine and starvation in Ethiopia primarily attributable to a lack of resources or is it a lack of entitlements?
- To what extent can the concept of food entitlement be useful to analyze the situation in Ethiopia?
- To what extent can freedom from 'hunger' and anti-famine/ starvation political contracts be used as normative guidelines to address the problem of famine and starvation in the Ethiopian context?
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