The Socioeconomics of Amartya Sen : On Freedom, Capability and Entitlement (Hardcover)

1. Introduction & Overview: Sen’s Possible Significance 2. India: An Inheritance of Issues, Influences and Ideas 3. The Liberal-Utilitarian Tradition(s) in Political Economy and Social Philosophy 4. Sen’s Critique of Mainstream Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory ? Ending the Informational Drought 5. Building a Normative Alternative: The Capability Approach 6. Building Explanatory Alternatives, I: Entitlements Analysis ? On Markets, Polities and Famines 7. Building Explanatory Alternatives, II: Elements of Socio-Economics 8. A Framework for Public Action for Human Development 9. The Preoccupations with Freedom and Diversity 10. Critical Synthesis: Sen’s Significance Reconsidered