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Development as freedom

The winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics presents an incisive explication of his theory of global economic development, that links individual human freedom and the welfare of the world's population with worldwide economic development
Print Book, English, 1999
A.A. Knopf, New York, 1999
1 vol. (XVI-366 p.) : graph. ; 25 cm
9780375406195, 0375406190
490544709
List of Illustrations
ix
Prefacexi
Acknowledgmentsxv
Introduction: Deveopment as Freedom3(10)
The Perspective of Freedom
13(22)
The Ends and the Means of Development
35(19)
Freedom and the Foundations of Justice
54(33)
Poverty as Capability Deprivation
87(24)
Markets, State and Social Opportunity
111(35)
The Importance of Democracy
146(14)
Famines and Other Crises
160(29)
Women's Agency and Social Change
189(15)
Population, Food and Freedom
204(23)
Culture and Human Rights
227(22)
Social Choice and Individual Behaviour
249(33)
Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment
282(17)
Notes299(54)
Index by Name353(8)
Index by Subject361