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Democracy as a Universal Value

Amartya Sen · Journal of Democracy, 10(3), 3–17 · 1999

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Type: Article
Author: Amartya Sen
Identifier: DOI 10.1353/jod.1999.0055
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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DisputedSen wrote that 'no substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press'; Olivier Rubin (2009), examining Bihar 1966, Malawi 2002 and Niger 2005, called into question the strength of the link between democracy and famine protection.