Readings in Human Development
Concepts, Measures and Policies for a Development Paradigm
OUP India (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published in January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
428 pages
978-0-19-567052-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together the collection of papers that have shaped the human development approach with its set of concepts, measurement tools and policy perspectives. The book is divided into three sections: * conceptual foundations comprising classic papers by Sen, Haq, and Streetan * measurement which discusses the methodology for constructing the human development index and other aspects such as political freedom, gender inequality and poverty * policy explorations which includes a collection of articles from previous reports An essential reader for students, researchers and policy-makers, this book is an invaluable resource.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
tab., num. fig.
numerous figures and tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 182 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-567052-3 (9780195670523)
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Content
PREFACE MARK MALLOCH BROWN; FOREWORD AMARTYA SEN; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION SAKIKO FUKUDA-PARR AND A. K. SHIVA KUMAR; SECTION 1: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS; DEVELOPMENT AS CAPABILITY EXPANSION AMARTYA SEN (1989); THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM MAHBUB UL HAQ (1995); HUMAN CAPITAL AND HUMAN CAPABILITY AMARTYA SEN (1997); THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN POVERTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS 1997 AND 1998; HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2000; CHOICES THAT SHAPED THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS INGE KAUL (2001); SHIFTING FASHIONS IN DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE PAUL STREETEN (2000); HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND NEO-LIBERALISM RICHARD JOLLY (2002); RESCUING THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FROM THE HDI: REFLECTIONS ON A NEW AGENDA SAKIKO FUKUDA-PARR (2002); SECTION 2: MEASUREMENT; THE BIRTH OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX MAHBUB UL HAQ (1995); HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: METHODOLOGY AND MEASUREMENT SUDHIR ANAND AND AMARTYA SEN (1994); EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX SELIM J; AH; AN (2002); CRITIQUES OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: A REVIEW KATE RAWORTH AND DAVID STEWART (2002); USING THE HDI FOR POLICY ANALYSIS SAKIKO FUKUDA-PARR, A. K. SHIVA KUMAR AND KATE RAWORTH (2002); MEASURING POLITICAL FREEDOM MEGHNAD DESAI (1995); GENDER INEQUALITY IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES AND MEASUREMENT SUDHIR ANAND AND AMARTYA SEN (1995); CONCEPTS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN POVERTY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE SUDHIR ANAND AND AMARTYA SEN (1997); APPENDIX: COMPUTING THE INDICES FROM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2001, UNDP, NEW YORK; SECTION 3: SOME POLICY EXPLORATIONS; FINANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; VALUING WOMEN S WORK; GROWTH FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?; THE POLITICS OF POVERTY ERADICATION; UNEQUAL HUMAN IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; THE INVISIBLE HEART CARE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY SECURES RIGHTS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS