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The human development paradigm: operationalizing sen's ideas on capabilities
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A gender perspective has also helped highlight important aspects of this paradigm, such as the role of collective agency in promoting development as discussed by the authors, and gender analysis has been central to the development of the new agency-driven paradigm, and gender equity is a core concern.Abstract:
Amartya Sen's ideas constitute the core principles of a development approach that has evolved in the Human Development Reports. This approach is a "paradigm" based on the concept of well-being that can help define public policy, but does not embody a set of prescriptions. The current movement from an age of development planning to an age of globalization has meant an increasing attention to agency aspects of development. While earlier Human Development Reports emphasized measures such as the provision of public services, recent ones have focused more on people's political empowerment. This paper reflects on Sen's work in light of this shift in emphasis. Gender analysis has been central to the development of the new agency-driven paradigm, and gender equity is a core concern. A gender perspective has also helped highlight important aspects of this paradigm, such as the role of collective agency in promoting development.read more
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What Is Social Inequality and Why Does it Matter? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
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Realist Critique Without Ethical Naturalism and Moral Realism
TL;DR: The authors argue that ethical naturalism and moral realism are not compatible with a scientific realist understanding of values: a realist approach commits one to treating values as socially produced and historically contingent.
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Neo-colonialism and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa: A blend of an old wine in a new bottle
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Philosophical Premises for African Economic Development: Sen's Capability Approach
TL;DR: In this article, the Lagos Plan of Action (1980) and New Partnership for Africa's Development (2001) have been used as models of economic development in the sub-region of Nigeria.
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Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the role of religion in women's empowerment in international development and defend universal values of love, care, and dignity in the context of women empowerment.
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Utilitarianism and Beyond
Amartya Sen,Bernard Williams +1 more
TL;DR: The economic uses of utilitarianism J. A. Harsanyi and T. M. Scanlon as discussed by the authors have discussed the relationship between contractualism and utilitarianism in the context of economics.
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Reflections on human development
TL;DR: In this paper, an emerging development paradigm, and the imperative for a new international dialogue in topics central to human development such as a peace agenda for the Third World, are discussed.