List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Development as Freedom = 3
The Perspective of Freedom = 13
The Ends and the Means of Development = 35
Freedom and the Foundations of Justice = 54
Poverty as Capability Deprivation = 87
Markets, State and Social Opportunity = 111
The Importance of Democracy = 146
Famines and Other Crises = 160
Women's Agency and Social Change = 189
Population, Food and Freedom = 204
Culture and Human Rights = 227
Social Choice and Individual Behavior = 249
Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment = 282
Notes = 299
Index by Name = 353
Index by Subject = 361
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Development as Freedom = 3
The Perspective of Freedom = 13
The Ends and the Means of Development = 35
Freedom and the Foundations of Justice = 54
Poverty as Capability Deprivation = 87
Markets, State and Social Opportunity = 111
The Importance of Democracy = 146
Famines and Other Crises = 160
Women's Agency and Social Change = 189
Population, Food and Freedom = 204
Culture and Human Rights = 227
Social Choice and Individual Behavior = 249
Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment = 282
Notes = 299
Index by Name = 353
Index by Subject = 361