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Agency, Gender and Economic Development in the World Economy 1850-2000 - Testing the Sen Hypothesis (Paperback)
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Agency, Gender and Economic Development in the World Economy 1850-2000 - Testing the Sen Hypothesis (Paperback)
Series: Gender and Well-Being
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How has 'agency' - or the ability to define and act upon one's
goals - contributed to global long-term economic development during
the last 150 years? This book asserts that autonomous decision
making, and female agency in particular, increases the potential of
a society to generate economic growth and improve its institutions.
Inspired by Amartya Sen's capabilities approach and looking at this
in comparison to contemporary economic theory, the collection of
chapters tackles the issue of agency from the micro level of
household and family formation and asks how this applies to gender
at regional and state level. It brings to the fore new empirical
data from across the globe to test the links between family
systems, female agency, human capital formation, political
institutions and economic development and puts these into broader
historical context. It will appeal to scholars researching social
policy, gender studies, economic history, development studies and
philosophy, as well anyone with interests in the long-term societal
development of the world economy and issues of global inequality.
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