Development As Freedom

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 030787429X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development as Freedom written by Amartya Sen and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority of people--he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically restain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191027243
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development as Freedom written by Amartya Sen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Development as Freedom Amartya Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in overall opulence millions of people living in the Third World are still unfree. Even if they are not technically slaves, they are denied elementary freedoms and remain imprisoned in one way or another by economic poverty, social deprivation, political tyranny or cultural authoritarianism. The main purpose of development is to spread freedom and its 'thousand charms' to the unfree citizens. Freedom, Sen persuasively argues, is at once the ultimate goal of social and economic arrangements and the most efficient means of realizing general welfare. Social institutions like markets, political parties, legislatures, the judiciary, and the media contribute to development by enhancing individual freedom and are in turn sustained by social values. Values, institutions, development, and freedom are all closely interrelated, and Sen links them together in an elegant analytical framework. By asking 'What is the relation between our collective economic wealth and our individual ability to live as we would like?' and by incorporating individual freedom as a social commitment into his analysis Sen allows economics once again, as it did in the time of Adam Smith, to address the social basis of individual well-being and freedom.

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780192893307
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development as Freedom written by Amartya Sen and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amartya 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.

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674013513
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rationality and Freedom written by Amartya Sen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In this, the first of two volumes, Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues.

Author : Janna Miletzki
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351350404
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development as Freedom written by Janna Miletzki and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amartya Sen uses his 1999 work Development as Freedom to evaluate the processes and outcomes of economic development. Having come to the conclusion that development is best summed up as the expansion of freedom, Sen examines traditional definitions and understandings of the term. He says people tend to think of freedoms as economic (the freedom to enter into market exchanges) or political (the freedom to vote and be an active citizen), and tries to understand why the definition has been so narrow hitherto. He concludes that an evaluation of true freedom must necessarily include the freedom to access social services such as healthcare, sanitation and nutrition, just as much as it must acknowledge economic and political freedoms. Evaluating the relevance of the current thinking behind development, Sen’s concludes that the term ‘freedom’ cannot simply be about income. In many ways, measuring income does not account for various “unfreedoms” (manmade or natural bars to wellbeing) that hinder development. Sen’s evaluation is all the more powerful for its clarity: "The freedom-centered perspective has a generic similarity to the common concern with ‘quality of life."

Author : Séverine Deneulin
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 184407806X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach written by Séverine Deneulin and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2009 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Jean-Pierre Chauffour
Publisher : Cato Institute
ISBN 13 : 1933995998
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Freedom written by Jean-Pierre Chauffour and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the quests for human rights and economic development compatible? In this thought-provoking book, Jean-Pierre Chauffour argues that the answer depends on the place given to freedom in both human rights and development. When freedom advances, prosperity and human rights progress. When freedom is threatened—especially economic and civil liberties—fundamental human rights are violated and economic development suffers. Yet although the connection between rights and development has long been recognized, practice has not followed principle. Human rights advocates and economic development experts rarely engage each other and often work at cross purposes. Moreover, the proposition that freedom plays a central role in both agendas challenges a number of human rights and development orthodoxies as well as practices developed over the last 60 years. A reconciliation of the human rights and development communities is possible. It requires highlighting the role that freedom plays in both. Rights advocates must recognize economic liberty as an essential component of human rights, and development experts must recognize the broad range of institutions and economic policies consistent with human rights. With his engaging style, Chauffour makes clear that empowering people with economic freedom, civil rights, and political liberties is the best way to ensure development and respect for the individual. This book provides major lessons to meet the challenges of securing freedom, peace, and prosperity.

Author : S. Deneulin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230627250
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development written by S. Deneulin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-01-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the extent to which Amartya Sen's conception of 'development as freedom' can be a guide for development policy. It argues that the theoretical foundations of the conception need to be expanded, and that it needs to give more attention to collective and historical dimensions if it is to address poverty effectively.

Author : Bertil Tungodden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788290584998
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Balanced View of Development as Freedom written by Bertil Tungodden and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674452565
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inequality Reexamined written by Amartya Sen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted economist and philosopher Amartya Sen argues that the dictum “all people are created equal” serves largely to deflect attention from the fact that we differ in age, gender, talents, and physical abilities as well as in material advantages and social background. He argues for concentrating on higher and more basic values: individual capabilities and freedom to achieve objectives. By concentrating on the equity and efficiency of social arrangements in promoting freedoms and capabilities of individuals, Sen adds an important new angle to arguments about such vital issues as gender inequalities, welfare policies, affirmative action, and public provision of health care and education.