Table of Contents

Amartya Sen: A Biographical Note Exploring the Challenges of Amartya Sen’s Work and Ideas: An Introduction Articles: Gender and the Foundations of Social Choice: The Role of Situated Agency Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements: Sen and Social Justice Sen’s Capability Approach and Gender Inequality: Selecting Relevant Capabilities Intra-household Inequality: A Challenge for the Capability Approach? Development as Empowerment Development as Freedom – and What Else? Globalization and Women’s Paid Work: Expanding Freedom? Slavery, Freedom, and Sen Sen, Ethics and Democracy Does Contraception Benefit Women? Structure, Agency and Well-Being in Rural Mexico "Missing Women": Revisiting the Debate Continuing the Conversation Amartya Sen talks with Bina Agarwal, Jane Humphries, and Ingrid Robeyns Capabilities, Lists, and Public Reason: Continuing the Conversation Amartya Sen

About the Author

Bina Agarwal is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi. She is also Vice President of the International Economic Association and Past President of IAFFE.

Jane Humpries is Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford.

Ingrid Robeyns is a post-doctoral research fellow in the department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.