“amartya sen”

India is a large and very diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outli... More

Sen introduces and analyses the entitlement approach' and applies it to the case studies of four famines from different parts of the world, concluding with a look at general issues of deprivation related to entitlement systems. How severe is poverty? Wh... More

Focusing on the inter-relationship between institutions, technology, and employment, the author investigates the institutional factors which affect policy-making: modes of production, patterns of ownership, and systems of employment.... More

Paperback,New Book... More