Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen (English) Paperback Book

Description: Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen Amartya Sen is an economist. This book is a synthesis of his thought, viewing economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 theunfree 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 individualfreedom 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 Biography Amartya Sen is the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. He has been President of the Indian Economic Association, the American Economic Association, the International Economic Association and the Econometric Society. He has taught at Calcutta, Delhi, Oxford, Cambridge, the London School of Economics, and Harvard. Table of Contents Introduction: Development as Freedom1: The Perspective of Freedom2: The Ends and the Means of Development3: Freedom and the Foundations of Justice4: Poverty as Capability Deprivation5: Markets, States, and Social Opportunity6: The Importance of Democracy7: Famines and Other Crises8: Womens Agency and Social Change9: Population, Food and Freedom10: Culture and Human Rights11: Social Choice and Individual Behaviour12: Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment Review `an enjoyable, unusual and important contributionJohn Mulqueen, Irish Times 02/02/01`The connecting theme behind these essays is that development is about expanding peoples ability to do things that they have a reason to value. The rationale for this is discussed with great force, clarity and consistency.S.V. Subramanian, Progress in Development Studies 1(1), Jan 01.`the ideas are presented in a very accessible, nontechnical language. The writing is lucid with interesting story-telling openings ... a topical and timely appeal to an audience that cuts across disciplines.S.V. Subramanian, Progress in Development Studies 1(1), Jan 01.`a brilliant book. Sen ranges over a vast intellectual landscape ... Many authors try this kind of tour dhorizon but few succeed as well as Amartya Sen. He is a multi-faceted scholar who has thought deeply and rigorously and has published extensively. Although Development as Freedom covers imense territory, it is subtle and nuanced and its careful scholarship is manifest at every turn.Lars Osberg, Reviews, Compte Rendus, Autumn 2000.`Sen has looked for ways to empower the poor ... Development as Freedom is a testament to Sens unwavering commitment to the task ... this is economics that should be read: not merely for the elegance of its arguments or the wisdom of its judgements, but for the deep and burnished humanity that animates it.David Goldblatt, The Independent`Development as Freedom is a personal manifesto: a summing up; a blend of vision, close argument, reflection and reminiscence.The Economist`The worlds poor and dispossessed could have no more articulate or insightful a champion among economists than Amartya Sen. By showing that the quality of our lives should be measured not by our wealth but by our freedom, his writings have revolutionized the theory and practice of development. The United Nations, in its own development work, has benefited immensely from the wisdom and good sense of Professor Sens views.Kofi A. Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations`In this book, Amartya Sen develops elegantly, compactly, and yet broadly the concept that economic development is in its nature an increase in freedom. By historical examples, empirical evidence, and forceful and rigorous analysis, he shows how development, broadly and properly conceived, cannot be antagonistic to liberty but consists precisely in its increase.Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science`Amartya Sen has made several key contributions to research on fundamental problems in welfare economics. By combining tools from economics and philosophy, he has restored an ethical dimension to the discussion of vital economic problems.From the Royal Swedish Academy Announcement of the Award of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. Kirkus US Review Economics meets philosophy in this wide-ranging manifesto that identifies freedom as the agent of universal development as well as its goal. Sen, the 1998 Nobel laureate in economics, points out, among many things, that there has never been famine in functioning democracies, including modern India, Botswana, and Zimbabwe (democratic officeholders, unlike colonial functionaries or dictators, are obliged to respond to impending shortages). High per capita income does not necessarily mean longer life (poor residents of Kerala, India, can expect to live longer than richer American blacks). In much of the world, gender inequality causes distorted male-female ratios (thus, there are "missing women"). Sen analyzes a myriad of such considerations and offers a thoughtful synthesis of welfare economics, political principles, and ethics. He asks fundamental questions, challenges common assumptions, and takes on diverse shibboleths. Lest you think a statement like "low income is clearly one of the major causes of poverty" is foolishly simplistic, hold on as he proceeds to demonstrate that there are other important causes for "capability deprivation," as he characterizes poverty. "Human development . . . is ah ally of the poor," he says. "It is an indication of the topsy-turvy world in which we live that the school-teacher or the nurse feels more threatened by financial conservatism than does the army general." The lucid insights are abundant as Sen marshals scores of thinkers from Aristotle to Rabindranath Tagore, Confucius to Bentham. His text is, as well, a sly review of his contemporaries and a sagacious reappraisal of Adam Smith. Casual readers may find rough going with a lexicon like "complemantarity" or "chosen functioning vector," but the expansive discussion will surely attract contemplative public policy practitioners. This learned book, more diagnostic than prescriptive, convinces us of freedoms value and utility in economic development. Less clear: how to bring freedom about in the world. Sens book must nevertheless be seen as a seminal and influential text for students and makers of policy. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description 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 theunfree 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 individualfreedom 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. Review Text `an enjoyable, unusual and important contributionJohn Mulqueen, Irish Times 02/02/01`The connecting theme behind these essays is that development is about expanding peoples ability to do things that they have a reason to value. The rationale for this is discussed with great force, clarity and consistency. S.V. Subramanian, Progress in Development Studies 1(1), Jan 01.`the ideas are presented in a very accessible, nontechnical language. The writing is lucid with interesting story-telling openings ... a topical and timely appeal to an audience that cuts across disciplines. S.V. Subramanian, Progress in Development Studies 1(1), Jan 01.`a brilliant book. Sen ranges over a vast intellectual landscape ... Many authors try this kind of tour dhorizon but few succeed as well as Amartya Sen. He is a multi-faceted scholar who has thought deeply and rigorously and has published extensively. Although Development as Freedom covers imense territory, it is subtle and nuanced and its careful scholarship is manifest at every turn. Lars Osberg, Reviews, Compte Rendus, Autumn 2000.`Sen has looked for ways to empower the poor ... Development as Freedom is a testament to Sens unwavering commitment to the task ... this is economics that should be read: not merely for the elegance of its arguments or the wisdom of its judgements, but for the deep and burnished humanity that animates it.David Goldblatt, The Independent`Development as Freedom is a personal manifesto: a summing up; a blend of vision, close argument, reflection and reminiscence.The Economist`The worlds poor and dispossessed could have no more articulate or insightful a champion among economists than Amartya Sen. By showing that the quality of our lives should be measured not by our wealth but by our freedom, his writings have revolutionized the theory and practice of development. The United Nations, in its own development work, has benefited immensely from the wisdom and good sense of Professor Sens views.Kofi A. Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations`In this book, Amartya Sen develops elegantly, compactly, and yet broadly the concept that economic development is in its nature an increase in freedom. By historical examples, empirical evidence, and forceful and rigorous analysis, he shows how development, broadly and properly conceived, cannot be antagonistic to liberty but consists precisely in its increase.Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science`Amartya Sen has made several key contributions to research on fundamental problems in welfare economics. By combining tools from economics and philosophy, he has restored an ethical dimension to the discussion of vital economic problems.From the Royal Swedish Academy Announcement of the Award of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. Review Quote The worlds poor and dispossessed could have no more articulate or insightful a champion among economists than Amartya Sen. By showing that the quality of our lives should be measured not by our wealth but by our freedom, his writings have revolutionized the theory and practice ofdevelopment. The United Nations, in its own development work, has benefited immensely from the wisdom and good sense of Professor Sens views.Kofi A. Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations Feature Written by one of the leading development economists in the world, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economic ScienceHardback has been brilliantly received and reviewed -- including acclaim from the Secretary General of the United NationsThis is a key book for all those with an interest in international development and world economics Details ISBN0192893300 Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2001 ISBN-10 0192893300 ISBN-13 9780192893307 Format Paperback Publication Date 2001-01-18 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Short Title DEVELOPMENT AS FREEDOM Language English Pages 384 DEWEY 338.9 Author Amartya Sen Position Professor and Head of International Relations Qualifications FBA Affiliation Master, Trinity College, Cambridge DOI 10.1604/9780192893307 UK Release Date 2001-01-18 NZ Release Date 2001-01-18 Illustrations numerous tables Edited by Dan Lockwood Birth 1953 Alternative 9780198297581 Audience General AU Release Date 2001-03-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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