In “Mrs. Sen’s”, Lahiri portrayed Mrs. Sen as a cultural outsider to the American society and a cultural insider in her microcosm, that apartment she decorated to resemble India. Interestingly, Lahiri portrayed Eliot as a cultural outsider to Mrs. Sen version of “little” India and a cultural insider of the American society. In other words, both Mrs. Sen and Eliot are mirror images of each other as they were going through a very similar transformation process from a cultural outsider to a cultural
In this essay I will discuss both Peter Unger’s ideas on the poverty problem from his book “Living High and Letting Die” and Martha Nussbaum’s critique of it in her article “If Oxfam Ran the World”, as well as my own view on their arguments. After I go over both of their basic ideas, I shall discuss Unger’s response to the review and his defence of his philosophies. Finally, I argue as to why I find Nussbaum’s reasoning more logical and persuasive. Peter Unger attempts to persuade his audience into
major oversight. In this case, using both the tools of HD and ED permits development practitioners to assess the situation on the ground in a more comprehensive manner and tailor programs to meet the needs of different groups. Cases like this abound; Sen (1999) presents the example of Kerala, which reduced income poverty with only moderate economic growth, owing to expansion of health care programs and more equitable land distribution (p. 31). Here, equal access to land, stimulates more opportunities
beings have (Nussbaum, 1997, p.273), capabilities realistically look at what opportunities individuals have and what they are actually able to do or be in their situations or contexts (Nussbaum, 1997, p.285; Whiteside & Mah, 2012, pp.923-4). Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum are the central pioneers of the capabilities approach (Alexander, 2004, p.451). The primary concept of the capabilities approach is that is asks questions about individuals situations and opportunities such as, “what is this person
In December of 1990, Noble-Prize winning economist, Dr. Amartya Sen wrote a ground –breaking article in the New York Review of Books entitled “More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing,” in which he summarized and publicized his thesis, that world –wide and especially in Asia, women are very neglected and decimated before birth, which reflect in the population’s total. He compared the ratios of women to men in Europe (1.06) and North America (1.05) with those in South Asia, West Asia and China (0
Alfred Marshall distinguished investment in human beings as the most valuable capital, and this view perhaps inspired the formal economic analysis of education not merely as a consumption good, but rather as a sub-division of neo-classical economics that had begun to place the individuals at the center of any developmental agenda (Chattopadhyay, 2012). The Human Capital theory, while marking a resurgence of the orthodox view, inspired an overt stress and predominance of education in public policy
Settled in the end of the fifth century, two groups established themselves in what is now present day Cambodia. The Champa controlled the central and southern part of Vietnam and the Funan is the southernmost part Vietnam and present-day Cambodia. Influences from both China and India were obvious as dance and music spread throughout the area. Ruling on its own till 1864 when the French absorbed it into French Indochina Along with Laos and Vietnam. For nearly a century, the French exploited Cambodia
poverty in the words of Amartya Sen. Additionally, thi... ... middle of paper ... ...985), Commodities and Capabilities, Oxford: Elsevier Science Publishers. Sen, A. (1985a), .Well-being, Agency and Freedom: the Dewey Lectures., Journal of Philosophy, 82(4), 169.221. Sen, A, (1988), .The Concept of Development., in Hollis Chenery and Thirukodikaval N. Srinivasan (eds), Handbook of Development Economics, Vol.1, North Holland: Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 10.26. Sen, A. (1992), Inequality Re-examined
In preparation for this reflection paper I watched Frontline: Two American Families, read two peer reviewed articles, and reflected on the personal experiences I had with poverty in my own life. As I watched the families of the Newman’s and the Stanley’s grow over the course of twenty years I could not help but notice how their lives are a mere reflection of not just my life, but the lives of almost every family in America who struggle to put food on the table and clothes on their children’s back
Many people would say that convicts deserve nothing more than basic existence because of the crime(s) that they have committed and although I agree I feel that they also deserve a chance to better themselves and attempt to legally rise above their pasts. I mean to a certain degree their debts to society have been paid and what better incentive to stop them from re-offending than giving them a true feeling of self-efficiency or somewhat of an equal chance as the rest of the nation’s population.
The Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as the Khmer Rouge, took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975, which lasted until January 1979. For their three-year, eight-month, and twenty-one day rule of Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge committed some of the most heinous crimes in current history. The main leader who orchestrated these crimes was a man named Pol Pot. In 1962, Pol Pot had become the coordinator of the Cambodian Communist Party. The Prince of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, did not approve of
Famous theories have built upon one another, giving the next generation new ideas to sift through and ultimately attempt to uncover a viable option to help those in need. The recently introduced Capabilities Approach published by economist Amartya Sen and philosopher supported by Martha Nussbaum gives the most applicable solution to a continuingly complicated problem. While revolutionary, the Capabilities Approach was only conceivable due to centuries of meticulous contemplation of a global issue
2.1 Capability approach In order to liberate women from gender imbalances Amartya Sen suggest that it is inevitable to give women equal opportunities as a source of empowerment. The main idea of bringing the capability approach in this discussion is to provide various opportunities for individual to know themselves and the environment with them. On the other hand the capability approach collaborates well with Paulo Freire’s philosophy of education. This he does through his work on Capability Approach
m and Dad, I am writing to you, to both inform and educate you as to why the subject of Media and Communications is just as a vital subject at university as is Maths or English. I shall be exploring the benefits and positive factors in regards to studying media and communications at university and, aim to explain to you that it is as a wonderful subject as it sounds. The media and communications industry, day in day out, is becoming even more diverse and active. Our daily activities are becoming
globalization, multiple viewpoints on the issue have arisen that are either in opposition of the expansion of globalization, or are in absolute favor of expanding the influence of cultures among one another. One proponent for globalization is Amartya Sen who bases his positive globalization beliefs off of various benefits such as economic, social, and political prosperity.
The rise of nationalist movements and the modern nation-state has affected women’s political and economic participation and social freedoms. Based on the following documents, there were many opportunities and barriers that nationalist movements posed concerning women's rights in the twentieth century. Many women saw the opportunities of the movements accessible to women, but other women focused on the barriers and didn’t feel that the opportunities were accessible. As stated before, many women who
understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.” (Lifequoteslib, 2011, p. 1) These symbolic words were spoken by Sun Yat-Sen at one of his many speeches. Sun Yat-Sen was a Chinese revolutionary who sought to make China into a republic so he could end the suppressive Qing dynasty, and was elected by officials to become the first president in 1911. Sun Yat-Sen was born on November 12, 1866 in the village of Cuiheng, Guangdong, China. He was born into a peasant farming family that was underprivileged
The 1911 Revolution kicked out the Qing Dynasty and broke the barriers to different developments in China. However, the 1911 Revolution has only provided a framework of a republic and made changes in some particular aspects related to immediate problems and difficulties in society. Hence, the relationship between the revolution and the subsequent development of China was very weak. On one hand, I do not agree with the latter part of the statement that the 1911 Revolution brought new problems to China
they decided to join. If they were on the communist side or the nationalist’s, they only wanted to fulfill their desires, to be considered equal, and create a self-governed government. In 1911, a nationalist political party was founded by Sun Yat-sen, but was governed in China by Chiang Kai-shek. Sun wanted to make China free, strong, and successful by following his three principles. “Our Party [the Guomindang] takes the development of the weak and small and resistance to the strong and violent
Different Ways of Life The book Wild Swans by Jung Chang takes place in the 20th century, in China. In this novel we are introduced to three-generations, Wild Swan, her mother, and her grandmother’s journey through an ever-changing China. Women in China at this time were considered weak, but as the war goes on, the reader gets a taste of each individual woman and what they were like, making the story even more interesting because today we have no clue what it was like to live in China during this