Development as FreedomAmartya Sen is the most respected and well-known economist of his time. This book is a synthesis of his thought, viewing economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. By widening his outlook to include poverty, tyranny, lack of opportunity, individual rights, and political structures, Professor Sen gives a stimulating and enlightening overview of the development process. His compassionate yet rigorous analysis will appeal to all those interested in the fate of the developing world, from general reader to specialist. |
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User Review - wealhtheowwylfing - LibraryThingThis is a treatise on the importance of individual freedom, both as an end in itself and as the best means of economic development. It is based on a series of lectures Sen gave in 1996-7, which netted ... Read full review
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User Review - justindtapp - LibraryThingThis was the first book I bought after returning home from two years overseas in 2004. It has traveled with us until now. It's probably best that I didn't read it until recently since I have a much ... Read full review
Contents
The Perspective of Freedom | 13 |
The ends and the Means of Development | 35 |
Freedom and the Foundations of Justice | 54 |
Poverty as Capability Deprivation | 87 |
Markets States and Social Opportunity | 111 |
The Importance of Democracy | 146 |
Famines and Other Crises | 160 |
Womens Agency and Social Change | 189 |
Population Food and Freedom | 204 |
IO Culture and Human Rights 227 | 227 |
Social Choice and Individual Behavior | 249 |
Individual Freedom as a Social | 282 |
Notes | 299 |
53 | 318 |
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| Title | Development as Freedom Oxford University Press paperback |
| Author | Amartya Sen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | OUP Oxford, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0192893300, 9780192893307 |
| Length | 366 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economics / General Political Science / General |
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