Bibliography: Amartya Sen. 1999. Development as Freedom. Oxford‚ UK. Oxford University Press. pp 3-4. Anand‚ S. & Sen‚ A.‚ 2000. Human Development and Economic Sustainability. World Development‚ 28(12)‚ Pp. 2029-2049. Fox‚ K. 2011. Africa ’s mobile economic revolution. Guardian‚[online] 24 July Available at < http://www
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What issue of local‚ national‚ or international significance concerns you? Why? “No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.”- Amartya Sen This quote expresses my main concern on international level. There are so many countries who are currently suffering due to lack of freedom. We see it in the Middle East‚ especially now‚ we also see it in a lot of African countries. In any country who is not democratic‚ there seems to be an
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Amartya Sen author of ‘Democracy as a Universal Value’ makes an interesting analyses between democratic governance and its natural acceptance as a universal value. From my point of view the notion of democracy as the ‘right’ governing system or as a universally relevant system is subject to debate. From a utilitarian perspective I can see how democracy is justifiable‚ however from a position of ‘situation ethics ‘‚ I will disagree. In Sen’s example of “The Indian Experience” he clearly indicates
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Extreme Poverty and Hunger and Primary Education in Zambia‚ Africa Extreme Poverty and Hunger and Primary Education in Zambia‚ Africa Introduction Prof. Amartya Sen‚ a professor of economics at Harvard University said‚ "Human development‚ as an approach‚ is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely‚ advancing the richness of human life‚ rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live…” (2010). The purpose of this report is to address and present
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politics‚ privatization and regulation. London: Sage Publications Brown‚ Michael E. (ed.)‚ Debating the Democratic Peace. Boston‚ MIT Press‚ 1996. Dahl‚ Robert‚ Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven: Yale University Press‚ 1971). Sen‚ Amartya‚ ’Democracy as a Universal Value ’. Journal of Democracy‚ vol. 10‚ no‚ 3‚ July 1999.
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Sabika Khan Irina Nizova English 1301-6006 25 June 2014 “Identifying Cultures” All around the world we are one big melting pot. Meaning there are a huge variety of different cultures throughout different nations. But I simply ask one question‚ how does someone tell them apart? There are many ways to differentiate cultures with many different factors. One in particular would be the language they speak. In a more general prospective‚ if someone were to live in Mexico they would obviously speak
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Conceptions of justice can be broken down into two separate classifications. Firstly‚ there is the idealistic conception of justice and secondly the realistic conception of justice. The idealistic side of conceptions focuses on an expectation of fairness and a desire for a universal level of fairness whereas‚ the realistic conception focuses on the acceptance of chance and fate and the reality of risk and consequence. John Rawls ‘A theory of justice’ falls under the idealistic conception of justice
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was Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s work on capabilities and functionings that provided the underlying conceptual framework. Haq was sure that a simple composite measure of human development was needed in order to convince the public‚ academics‚ and policy-makers that they can and should evaluate development not only by economic advances but also improvements in human well-being. Sen initially opposed this idea‚ but he went on to help Haq develop the Human Development Index (HDI). Sen was worried that
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country. nobody else would be investing In 1936‚ Keynes introduced his ’General Theory of employment interest and money’ NOBEL PRIZE : agnar Frisch (coined the term ’macro’ and ’micro’ economics) AND Jon Tinberger 970- Paul Samuelson 987- Amartya Sen Chief Economic Advisor- Raghuram Rajan Father of Micro Economics- Alfred Marshall MICRO AND MACRO ECONOMICS MICRO ECONOMICS MACRO ECONOMICS Father Alfred Marshall John Maynard Keynes Theory Price Theory Income Theory Method Slicing Method
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A Theory of Justice From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A Theory of Justice A Theory of Justice.jpg The 1999 Harvard University Press edition Author(s) John Rawls Country United States Language English Subject(s) Political philosophy Genre(s) Non-fiction Publisher Belknap Publication date 1971 Media type Print Pages 560 ISBN 0-674-00078-1 OCLC Number 41266156 Dewey Decimal 320/.01/1
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