Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction and Overview: Poverty, Human Rights, and Sen's 'Capability Approach'; 2. Is Poverty Relevant to the Characterization of Fundamental Freedoms and Human Rights? The Broader Debates in Ethics and Political Theory; 3. Poverty and Human Rights: Sen's Contributions in Ethics; 4. Poverty and Human Rights: Sen's Contributions in Economics; 5. Poverty and Human Rights: The International Legal Framework; 6. Freedom from Poverty as a Basic Human Right: Formal Analysis Using Deontic Logic.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Title
Poverty and human rights.
International Standard Book Number
0199273871
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sen, Amartya,1933-Influence.
Sen, Amartya Kumar.
Sen, Amartya,1933-
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economics-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human rights.
Poverty-- International cooperation.
Armoede.
Armut
Bekämpfung
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.