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9780199273874

Poverty and Human Rights Sen's 'Capability Perspective' Explored

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    9780199273874

  • ISBN10:

    0199273871

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-05-04
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book provides a major new cross-disciplinary framework for thinking about poverty and human rights. Drawing on the fields of ethics, economics, and international law, Vizard demonstrates how the work of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has expanded and deepened human rights discourse across traditional disciplinary divides.

Author Biography

Polly Vizard is Research Associate at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, L.S.E.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview: Poverty, Human Rights, and Sen's `Capability Approach'
1(23)
Is Poverty Relevant to the Characterization of Fundamental Freedoms and Human Rights? The Broader Debates in Ethics and Political Theory
24(42)
Poverty and Human Rights: Sen's Contributions in Ethics
66(31)
Poverty and Human Rights: Sen's Contributions in Economics
97(43)
Poverty and Human Rights: The International Legal Framework
140(55)
Freedom from Poverty as a Basic Human Right: Formal Analysis Using Deontic Logic
195(40)
Conclusion: Towards a `Working Model' of International Accountability and Responsibility in the Field of Global Poverty and Human Rights
235(14)
References 249(12)
Index 261

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