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Development as freedom

By:

Sen, Amartya

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford University Press New Delhi 2010Description: xvi,366p 22 cm ; PbkISBN:

978-0195655265

Subject(s):

Economics

DDC classification:

330.01 SEN

Contents:

Contents:The perspective of freedom -- The ends and the means of development -- Freedom and the foundations of justice -- Poverty as capability deprivation -- Markets, state and social opportunity -- The importance of democracy -- Famines and other crises -- Women's agency and social change -- Population, food and freedom -- Culture and human rights -- Social choice and individual behavior -- Individual freedom as a social commitment.

Summary: General exposition of the economic ideas and analyses of Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. This treatise analyzes the nature of contemporary economic development from the perspective of human freedom.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	GSB Collection	330.01 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40354

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Contents:The perspective of freedom --
The ends and the means of development --
Freedom and the foundations of justice --
Poverty as capability deprivation --
Markets, state and social opportunity --
The importance of democracy --
Famines and other crises --
Women's agency and social change --
Population, food and freedom --
Culture and human rights --
Social choice and individual behavior --
Individual freedom as a social commitment.

General exposition of the economic ideas and analyses of Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. This treatise analyzes the nature of contemporary economic development from the perspective of human freedom.

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