Amartya Sen's work and ideas
Subtitle: a gender perspective
By: Bina Agarwal, Jane Humphries & Ingrid Robeyns.
Contributors: Humphries, Jane, 1948-; Robeyns, Ingrid.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Sen, Amartya Kumar; Feminist economics; Sex role
Other titles: Feminist economics. Special number.
Description: This unique volume is the first to examine Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's ideas through the lens of gender. His humanitarian approach to economics has been crucial to the development of several aspects of feminist economics and gender analysis. This book outlines the range and usefulness of his work for gender analysis while also exploring some of its silences and implicit assumptions. The result is a collection of groundbreaking and insightful essays which cover major topics in Sen's work, such as the capability approach, justice, freedom, social choice, agency, missing women and development and well-being. Perspectives have been drawn from both developing and developed countries, with most of the authors applying Sen's concepts to cultural, geographic and historical contexts which differ from his original applications. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book was previously published as a special issue of Feminist Economics."