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The paradox of wealth and poverty : mapping the ethical dilemmas of global development / Daniel Little.

By: Publication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003.Description: xx, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813365937 (alk. paper)
  • 0813316421 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174 21
LOC classification:
  • HB72 .L574 2003
Contents:
1. Welfare, Well-Being, and Needs : The Conception of the Person -- Gender and Development -- A Rich Conception of the Person. 2. What is Economic Development? : Goals of Economic Development -- What Is an Economy? -- Concepts of Growth, Inequality, and Poverty -- Data and Outcomes. 3. Goals and Strategies for Economic Development : Instruments of Economic Development Policy -- Existing Economic Development Strategies -- Progressive Economic Development -- A Comparison of Development Strategies -- What Obstacles Stand in the Way of Progressive Economic Development? 4. Justice : Economic Justice : Institutions -- Public Policy and Social Welfare -- Conclusions. 5. Human Rights : What Is a Right? -- Candidates for Universal Human Rights -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Cultural Specificity of Rights? -- Human Rights and Development Ethics. 6. Aid, Trade, and the Global Economy : Globalization -- International Aid -- A Role for the Ethical Citizen. 7. Development and the Environment : The Issues of Primary Environmental Concern -- The Value Issues -- Goals -- Sustainable Development -- Conflicts Between Environmental Goals and Economic Development -- Means of Preserving Environmental Goods. 8. Democracy and Development : What Is Democracy? -- Institutional Issues -- Democracy and the Poor. 9. Conclusion: Toward a Global Civil Society.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks HB72 .L574 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000712769

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.

1. Welfare, Well-Being, and Needs : The Conception of the Person -- Gender and Development -- A Rich Conception of the Person. 2. What is Economic Development? : Goals of Economic Development -- What Is an Economy? -- Concepts of Growth, Inequality, and Poverty -- Data and Outcomes. 3. Goals and Strategies for Economic Development : Instruments of Economic Development Policy -- Existing Economic Development Strategies -- Progressive Economic Development -- A Comparison of Development Strategies -- What Obstacles Stand in the Way of Progressive Economic Development? 4. Justice : Economic Justice : Institutions -- Public Policy and Social Welfare -- Conclusions. 5. Human Rights : What Is a Right? -- Candidates for Universal Human Rights -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Cultural Specificity of Rights? -- Human Rights and Development Ethics. 6. Aid, Trade, and the Global Economy : Globalization -- International Aid -- A Role for the Ethical Citizen. 7. Development and the Environment : The Issues of Primary Environmental Concern -- The Value Issues -- Goals -- Sustainable Development -- Conflicts Between Environmental Goals and Economic Development -- Means of Preserving Environmental Goods. 8. Democracy and Development : What Is Democracy? -- Institutional Issues -- Democracy and the Poor. 9. Conclusion: Toward a Global Civil Society.

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