India Development and Participation

Name: India Development and Participation
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ISBN: 9780199257492

ISBN-10: 0199257493

ISBN-13: 9780199257492

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Jean ï¿½ze, Amartya Sen

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This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivationand expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad andintegrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom ratherthan the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place human agencyat the centre of stage, and stress the complementary roles of differentinstitutions (economic, social, and political) in enhancing effective freedoms.In comparative international perspective, the Indian economy has done reasonablywell in the period following the economic reforms initiated in the earlynineties. However, relatively high aggregate economic growth coexists with thepersistence of…

Book details

List price: $68.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 540
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.386




Introduction and Approach



Economic Development and Social Opportunity



India in Comparative Perspective



India and China



Basic Education as a Political Issue



Population, Health, and the Environment



Gender Inequality and Women's Agency



Security and Democracy in a Nuclear India



Well Beyond Liberalization



The Practice of Democracy