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Amartya Sen
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 696
Citations - 145473
Amartya Sen is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Politics. The author has an hindex of 149, co-authored 689 publications receiving 141907 citations. Previous affiliations of Amartya Sen include Trinity College, Dublin & University of Chicago.
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On the Darwinian view of progress.
TL;DR: Darwinian analysis of evolutionary progress provides an explanation of how evolution works, a notion of what is progress, and explanation of the way evolution brings about progress as mentioned in this paper, and the aim of this discussion is to probe items 2 and 3 and their application to selection and survival of institutions and behavior as well as species.
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Primary schooling in West Bengal
TL;DR: In this paper, Amartya Sen's introduction to a Pratichi study of primary education in West Bengal, released in December 2009, which compares the results of surveys conducted at an interval of almost a decade.
Civil paths to peace : report of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding
Amartya Sen,Understanding +1 more
TL;DR: The work of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding as discussed by the authors addresses the nature and nature of violence and the nature of respect and understanding in the UK. But it does not address the role of media and communication in this process.