I believe Amarta Sen’s theory – I believe that development is intimately tied to freedoms and human rights. I believe that “freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also its principal means” (Sen, 10). I believe this so much that I carried Amarta Sen’s books with me in my [...]
Archive for November 11th, 2008
Socially irresponsible development does not lead to freedom.
Posted in economics and globalization, tagged economics and globalization, Lauren Page Black on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seeing unfreedoms
Posted in economics and globalization, tagged development, economics, freedom, globalization, Kevane and Gray, Sen, yarbrough on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like Sen’s explanation that the theme of freedom runs through our thinking on development, as both ends and means. Sen thereby provides us with a guide to our thinking; our approach is no longer a collection of statistics or piecemeal privileges, but a focused expansion of all freedoms which Sen argues captures all of [...]
Input Paper One-Mali
Posted in input paper one, tagged Input Paper, robin on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Intersectionality of Education and Economics affecting Literacy Rates of Women in Mali
The research of uncovering the cause of gender biased literacy rates in Mali is a difficult task even though the statistics clearly show that men are more literate than women. By most accounts the literacy rate of adults in Mali as of 2005 [...]
Short Summaries and Tie-In
Posted in economy, tagged economy, robin, summary on November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a quick reminding summary of each of the readings and the way I think they all fit together-
Sen:
Believes that freedom is not only a result of development but also a tool to promote other freedoms. I like how the open market was compared to a conversation- it seems silly to say that people could [...]
Development as Freedom – Sen
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Sen argues that freedoms are a central process of development and development is a process which expands people’s freedoms. Freedom plays a large role in the process of development due to the evaluative reason and the effectiveness reason. She says that it is important to looks at a number of different determinants to see how [...]
Ethics of access and the sociospatial shift
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, globalization, Janis, Youngs on November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Gillian Youngs’ analysis of globalization, feminism and information society raises some challenging issues regarding the increasing relevance of “sociospatial as well as geospatial understadings of the world and the interactions that take place within it” (Youngs, 69). I found her referencing of feminist theory and practice as a potential means for articulating an ethics of [...]
