Essays about: "development as freedom Sen"

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  1. 6. An evaluation of the Hong Kong Geopark : to what extent does it promote sustainable human development?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Shu Kwan Yeung; [2013]
    Keywords : capability approach; opportunity freedom; process freedom; community participation; geopark; geotourism; sustainability science; Hong Kong; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the objective of the Hong Kong Geopark as promoting sustainable socio-economic development with a case study of Sum Mun Tsai Village, a village adjacent to the Geopark. The research focuses on the human development aspect of sustainable development, since the Geopark is not only concerned with promoting economic development, but also with the social dimension of sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 7. Empowerment of Farmers at the Center of Agricultural Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Josipa Bicanic; [2012]
    Keywords : Agricultural Extension; Agency; Empowerment; Nepal; USA; Agricultural Development; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This multiple case study investigates how technology choice and market access, as components of agricultural extension services, contribute to the empowerment of farmers in the Banke District of Nepal and in the state of Virginia in the United States. My ‘empowerment’ analytical framework is inspired by Amartya Sen’s Development as Freedom concept. READ MORE

  4. 8. Samoa's Culture, Tourism and Development: Exploring the Impact of Tourism Development on the Changing Fa'a Samoa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Elspeth Kiddell; [2012]
    Keywords : Samoa; culture; tourism; fa’a Samoa; cultural change; commodification of culture; cultural capital; development as freedom; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the interactions between tourism development and cultural values in the South Pacific nation of Samoa. As tourism is likely to remain a key strategy for the development of Samoa, this study explores the impact of such development on the cultural component of fa’a Samoa, or Samoa’s way of life, which varies quite significantly from Western, capitalist culture. READ MORE

  5. 9. Amartya Sen's Notion of Freedom: A Conceptual History of a Universalist Presumption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Maria Yupanqui; [2011]
    Keywords : Sen; Freedom; Development; MacCullum; Democracy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amartya Sen argues that the overarching goal of development is expanding people’s choices. Yet, freedom as a goal is ambiguous as the notion is clouded by idioms of freedom dating as far back as Ancient Greece. READ MORE

  6. 10. Capability of Justice : Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and its Application as a Framework for Global Justice

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Gabriel Limaverde Falcão; [2009]
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    Abstract : This thesis assesses the Amartya Sen's Capability Approach as a theory of global justice. Sen proposes a new paradigm for human development, having expansion of human capability as the moral norm for individual and institutional actions. READ MORE