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Poverty and human rights : Sen's 'capability perspective' explored
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ISBN: 9780199273874 0199273871 0191699713 1429422041 1280755229 0191515221 9780191699719 9780191515224 Year: 2006 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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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. - ;'Poverty itself is a violation of numerous basic human rights.' (Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner on Human Rights) The idea that freedom from poverty is a basic human right that gives rise to moral and legal obligations of governments and other actors has receiv


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Arguing about the world : the work and legacy of Meghnad Desai
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ISBN: 1849665214 9786613479204 1849665443 1849665451 1283479206 Year: 2011 Publisher: London, England ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Academic,

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Meghnad Desai is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the LSE. He is founder of LSE Global Governance. From 1990-1995 he was Director of LSE's Development Studies Institute and has been at the LSE for over 30 years. In 1991, Meghnad Desai was created Lord Desai of St Clement Danes. His latest book is Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism . By enabling leading scholars and other public figures to explore the subjects that inspired them and Lord Desai, the publication will offer a fascinating exploration of progress on economics, human rights and development


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Social policy in a cold climate : policies and their consequences since the crisis
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ISBN: 1447327756 1447327748 144732773X 1447327713 1447327721 Year: 2016 Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press,

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A data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies following the financial crisis, with particular focus on poverty and inequality, by leading policy experts from the LSE, and Universities of Manchester and York.


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ISBN: 9781447327738 9781447327714 9781447327721 Year: 2016 Publisher: Bristol Policy Press

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ISBN: 9781447327738 Year: 2016 Publisher: Bristol Policy Press

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