Amartya Sen

Indeed, issues of the choice of maternity lend themselves to Amartya Sen’s holistic understanding of development centered around the concept of well-being, where forced maternity is an unfreedom that limits women’s capabilities and choices (Professor K. Takamura, personal communication, September 30th, 2015). This…

LEGAL ENSHRINEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE OR UNNECESSARY Having come to the conclusion that there may not always be a reason for human rights to be enshrined as legally enforceable entitlements, invites an exploration of whether , indeed doing so could be unduly restrictive, inappropriate or even counter intuitive, I will address these three claims in turn 1. Legal enshrinement of a human right as a legally enforceable right may unduly restrict our contemporary list of human…

1.3 HISTORY OF GLOBALIZATION IN AFRICA Odozor states that the tools of Globalization are colonization and missionary event. The process by which the world is turning more and more into “a single place” dates back to pre-colonial times when groups began to interact with each other either to trade or to engage in battle with each other in search of slaves. The missionary movements of various religions and colonization have contributed more than any other phenomenon to draw Africa into the global…

Advancing International Human Rights to Protect against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers are the two issues before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In April 2014, the Supreme Court acknowledged how transgender is a third gender and asked the government to treat them as a minority. The UNHRC adopted a resolution related to sexual orientation and gender identity with India taking the position of abstain.…

The world has a long history of colonialism, with most of the world today being shaped by colonialism. At a point in time, most countries were divided into two categories: colonies, or empires. To be an empire, it was essential to have numerous colonies, as this was a way to show power and obtain raw resources. However, the modern world now has changed significantly, or it has claimed it has. Although colonialism of the past does not exist anymore, the effects of colonialism are still present…

stamps (Edelman, 2012). As the housing crisis continues to worsen during the recession, we will see more families of poverty become homeless. Relative deprivation may limit a person’s capacity for social achievement. Highly regarded economist Amartya Sen (2011) states, “Being relatively poor in a rich country can be a great capability handicap, even when one’s absolute income is high in terms of world standards.” When comparing the poor versus the poverty-stricken households it is apparent…

different dimensional (Paul Ochieng Onyango, 2011).-- Therefore, poverty with multidimensional factors is neither specific to fishing nor geographical locations but it has much to do with the distribution of the wealth generated for the fisheries (Sen, 1981, Eide, Bavinck & Raakjær, 2011), it replicate the issues of traditional fisheries that includes lack of economic, political and…

Abstract: The play “Red Oleanders” is first written in Bengali language under the title “RaktaKarabhi”. Tagore conveys the message that the Utilitarian approach and vast industrialization throughout the world would resulting in diminishing human compassion and cause Ecological Imbalance.So he used characters as a metaphor of human instincts such as greed, power, envy, love, trust, and sacrifice. The play Red oleanders is a One-act play which follows the Aristotle’s rules. He fallow’s three…

allows for a more direct comparison of living standards in different countries. A drawback of both GNI and PPP data is that they provide only a static picture of development. Broader Conceptions of Development: Amartya Sen C) Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen has argued that development should be assessed less by material output and more by the capabilities and opportunities that people enjoy. Sen’s ideas have been picked up by the United Nations and are reflected in the…

The articulations of custom, tradition and culture have been posited against discourses of rights in terms of British Colonial rule in India. These distinctions emerged alongside the British ‘civilizing mission’ in which the question of rights came to the forefront of the discourse and were matched with the invention of culture. Edmond Burke’s analysis of rights in the context of the French revolution reveals that natural rights are inherited and passed down from generation to generation, as…