Drèze, Jean creator Sen, Amartya text xx New Delhi : Oxford University Press ,2005 9999 2nd Edition (Oxford India Paperbacks) monographic und 542 pages ; 22 cm. This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place human agency at the centerstage, and stress the complementary roles of different institutions (economic, social, and political) in enhancing effective freedoms. / Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen Economic History and Conditions Natural Resources-Conservation 338.954 DRE 9780195678574 260603 20261005161442.0