02052cam a2200301Ia 4500 485783 485783 45146643 US-DLC 20170410124754.0 001010r20001999nyua b 001 0 eng d 99031061 0385720270 9780385720274 (OCoLC)45146643 EYZ EYZ MUQ OCLCQ PGM OCLCQ BAKER MBB NLGGC YDXCP AU@ OCLCA MEAUC ALAUL BDX OUB Alfaisal Main Library HD75 .S455 2000 Sen, Amartya, 1933- Development as freedom / Amartya Sen 1st Anchor Books ed New York : Anchor Books, 2000, c1999 New York : Anchor Books, 2000. xvi, 366 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-351) and index 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 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 Economic development Liberty Free enterprise Economic development Social aspects Developing countries Economic conditions local 4 Print books. lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2017-04-10 3 3 HD75 .S455 2000 AU0000000009347 2021-05-24 00:00:00 2021-02-24 125.00 2017-04-10 BOOKS