Arguments for a Better World

Amartya Sen has made deep and lasting contributions to the academic disciplines of economics philosophy and the social sciences more broadly. He has engaged in policy dialogue and public debate advancing the cause of a human development focused policy agenda and a tolerant and democratic polity. This argumentative Indian has made the case for the poorest of the poor and for plurality in cultural perspective. It is not surprising that he has won the highest awards ranging from the Nobel Prize in Economics to the Bharat Ratna India''s highest civilian honor. This public recognition has gone hand in hand with the affection and admiration that Amartya''s friends and students hold for him. This volume of essays written in honor of his 75th birthday by his students and peers covers the range of contributions that Sen has made to knowledge. They are written by some of the world''s leading economists philosophers and social scientists and address topics such as ethics welfare economics poverty gender human development society and politics. The second volume covers the topics of Human Development and Capabilities; Gender and Household; Growth Poverty and Policy; and Society Politics and History. It is a fitting tribute to Sen''s own contributions to the discourse on Society Institutions and Development.Contributors include: Bina Agarwal Isher Ahluwalia Montek S Ahluwalia Ingela Alger Muhammad Asali Amiya Kumar Bagchi Pranab Bardhan Lourdes Benería Sugata Bose Lincoln C. Chen Martha Alter Chen Kanchan Chopra Simon Dietz Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Jonathan Glover Cameron Hepburn Jane Humphries Rizwanul Islam Ayesha Jalal Mary Kaldor Sunil Khilnani Stephan Klasen Jocelyn Kynch Enrica Chiappero Martinetti Kirsty McNay Martha C. Nussbaum Elinor Ostrom Gustav Ranis Sanjay G. Reddy Emma Samman Rehman Sobhan Robert M. Solow Nicholas Stern Frances Stewart Ashutosh Varshney Sujata Visaria and Jörgen W. Weibull.