Capability and agency

Amartya Sen

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 60-90

  Crocker, David A ^a   Robeyns, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84910051215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511800511.005     Document Type: Chapter

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