Concepts and Measures of Agency

Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alkire, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Autonomy; Control; Effective power; Efficacy; Empowerment; Imperfect obligation; Well being freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919630478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239115.003.0025     Document Type: Chapter

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