Essay Question :

To what extent has Entitlement Theory become a complete and widely accepted view about the reasons for the persistence of famine?

What does the lecturer expect from the student?

• Introduction: What are you going to argue and conclude?

• What is food insecurity?

• Why do neo-calssical writers see markets as the primary level of analysis and how in this view can food insecurity occur?

• How successfully did structuralist views as embodied in Entitlement Theory challenge the orthodox approaches to food insecurity. What is this theory and what are its implications in terms of food policy?

• What are the weaknesses of Entitlement Theory?

• In your view what are the main reasons for food insecurity and which perspective has the most explanatory value and what are the main policies that will help to reduce food insecurity?

The marking scheme for the exam essays will be as follows:

• Is there a clear structure to each essay with an introduction that sets out what the essay going to argue and conclude

• Has the question been answered?

• Is there a clear focus to the answer?

• Have the full range of the relevant underlying perspectives been applied to the question?

• How effectively have the relevant theories/concepts been explained?

• How successfully have these been critically applied to the question?

• How much evidence is there of relevant reading/research?

• How successful is the answer is concisely covering all the relevant material and synthesising the competing arguments?

• Is there a logical conclusion to the essay?

Attachment:- FAMINE.ppt