Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen: Volume II: Society, Institutions, and Development

by Kaushik Basu

Amartya Sen has made deep and lasting contributions to the academic disciplines of economics, philosophy, and the social sciences more broadly. He has engaged in policy dialogue and public debate, advancing the cause of a human development focused policy agenda, and a tolerant and democratic polity. This argumentative Indian has made the case for the poorest of the poor, and for plurality in cultural perspective. It is not surprising that he has won...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199239975
• ISBN13: 9780199239979
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 2.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"