Gender, discrimination, and capability : Insights from Amartya Sen

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-154

  Hicks, Douglas A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capability; Development; Discrimination; Gender; Inequality; Missing women; Poverty; Sen

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949872605     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9795.00101     Document Type: Review

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