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ISBN: 9780141037851 - The Idea of Justice The Idea of Justice
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0141037857  ISBN13: 9780141037851
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jul 2010
Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? This title presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific... More
ISBN: 9780192893307 - Development as Freedom Bestseller Development as Freedom
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0192893300  ISBN13: 9780192893307
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jan 2001
This title is a synthesis of the thought of economist Amartya Sen, who views 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... More
ISBN: 9780141012117 - The Argumentative Indian The Argumentative Indian
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0141012110  ISBN13: 9780141012117
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Jul 2006
Offering writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, this book outlines the need to understand India in the light of its argumentative tradition for the success of India's democracy, the defense of its secular politics... More
ISBN: 9780141027807 - Identity and Violence Identity and Violence
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0141027800  ISBN13: 9780141027807
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2007
The world is increasingly taken to be divided between religions (or 'cultures' or 'civilizations'), ignoring the relevance of other ways in which people see themselves through class, gender, profession and language. This book argues that conflict... More
ISBN: 9780674013513 - Rationality and Freedom Rationality and Freedom
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0674013514  ISBN13: 9780674013513
Publisher: Harvard University Press The Belknap Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Apr 2004
Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In two volumes on rationality, freedom, and justice, the distinguished economist and philosopher Amartya Sen brings clarity and... More
ISBN: 9780195650389 - Commodities and Capabilities Commodities and Capabilities
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0195650387  ISBN13: 9780195650389
Publisher: OUP India
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 1999
This short monograph presents a set of interrelated theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, in particular the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. More
ISBN: 9780198289289 - Inequality Reexamined Inequality Reexamined
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0198289286  ISBN13: 9780198289289
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Sep 1995
This title brings together and develops some of the most important economic, social, and ethical ideas Sen has explored. It examines the claims of equality in social arrangements, stressing that we should be concerned with people's capabilities... More
ISBN: 9780674127784 - Choice, Welfare and Measurement Choice, Welfare and Measurement
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0674127781  ISBN13: 9780674127784
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Sep 1997
Choice, Welfare and Measurement contains many of Amartya Sen's most important contributions to economic analysis and methods, including papers on individual and social choice, preference and rationality, and aggregation and economic measurement. More
ISBN: 9780631164012 - On Ethics and Economics On Ethics and Economics
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0631164014  ISBN13: 9780631164012
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Blackwell Publishers
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 09 Feb 1989
In this elegant critique, Amartya Sen argues that welfare economics can be enriched by paying more explicit attention to ethics, and that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with economies. He argues further that even... More
ISBN: 9780198297581 - Development as Freedom Development as Freedom
Amartya K Sen

ISBN10: 0198297580  ISBN13: 9780198297581
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 Oct 1999
Amartya Sen is the most respected and well-known economist of his time. Offering an overview of the development process, this book is a synthesis of his thought, viewing economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in... More