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Amartya Sen
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ISBN: 9780521852913 9780521618069 9780511800511 9780511651991 0511651996 0521852919 0521618061 0511800517 1107209900 051169976X 1282393952 9786612393952 0511647913 0511633041 0511631839 0511634250 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1998 'for his contributions in welfare economics'. Although his primary academic appointments have been mostly in economics, Sen is also an important and influential social theorist and philosopher. His work on social choice theory is seminal, and his writings on poverty, famine, and development, as well his contributions to moral and political philosophy, are important and influential. Sen's views about the nature and primacy of liberty also make him a major contemporary liberal thinker. This volume of essays on aspects of Sen's work is aimed at a broad audience of readers interested in social theory, political philosophy, ethics, public policy, welfare economics, the theory of rational choice, poverty, and development. Written by a team of well-known experts, each chapter provides an overview of Sen's work in a particular area and a critical assessment of his contributions to the field.

Incomes and the welfare state : essays on Britain and Europe.
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ISBN: 0521557968 0521462509 0511559399 9780521557962 9780521462501 9780511559396 Year: 1995 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press

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The Welfare State is a key policy issue of the 1990s. The essays in this book depart from much of the recent economic debate in emphasising the positive contributions of the Welfare State, and in assessing its efficiency in relation to the objectives which it is intended to achieve. These objectives are not just the alleviation of poverty but more broadly the provision of security and the redistribution of income. Part A of the book sets the current debate in the context of the current evidence about income inequality and poverty in Europe. Part B analyses the existing role of the Welfare State, with particular reference to retirement pensions and unemployment benefit. Part C investigates proposals for reform and security. What is the case for greater targeting? How can we design a social safety net? What is the future of European social protection policy?

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Gross national product --- Social security --- Public welfare --- Income distribution --- Poverty --- 339.220941 --- #SBIB:316.8H15 --- #SBIB:316.8H40 --- #SBIB:HIVA --- 313 --- 336.024 --- 339.21 --- 339.325.1 --- 368.40 --- GB / United Kingdom - Verenigd Koninkrijk - Royaume Uni --- 330.56 --- 330.56 Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger --- Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: sociale ongelijkheid en armoede --- Sociaal beleid: social policy, sociale zekerheid, verzorgingsstaat --- Levenswijze en levensstandaard. Levensminimum. sociale indicatoren (Studiën) --- Sociale begroting, rekeningen en uitgaven. Gezondheid --- Ongelijkheid en herverdeling van vermogens en inkomens. Inkomensbeleid --- Evolutie van de consumptie. Budget van de huishoudens --- Sociale voorzorg en verzekeringen. Sociale zekerheid: algemeenheden --- Great Britain --- Europe --- Income distribution - Great Britain. --- Poverty - Europe. --- Public welfare - Europe. --- Income distribution. --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Social security - Europe --- Public welfare - Great Britain --- Public welfare - Europe --- Income distribution - Great Britain --- Social security - Great Britain --- Poverty - Great Britain --- Poverty - Europe --- Income distribution - Europe

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