India: Development And Participation

Author: Jean DrezeAmartya Sen/Publisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 512ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195658752 DescriptionThe first edition of this book was published in 1995, under the title India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity. But the Indian economy and society have also moved on, and it seems right, seven years after the last manuscript went to print, to look back and take stock. This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place human agency at the center of stage, and stress the complementary roles of different institutions (economic, social, and political) in enhancing effective freedoms. In comparative international perspective, the Indian economy has done reasonably well in the period following th