An application of Amartya Sen’s thinking and his capability approach to structural inequality in contemporary Brazil
Fanti, Esmeralda (A.A. 2019/2020) An application of Amartya Sen’s thinking and his capability approach to structural inequality in contemporary Brazil. Tesi di Laurea in Global justice, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Valentina Gentile, pp. 170. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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An analysis of Amartya Sen’s idea of inequality, development, and his capability approach. An introduction to Amartya Sen’s capability approach. Sen’s “equality of what?”: the starting point for his analysis of inequality and the development of a new idea of inequality. A brief analysis of Sen’s idea of poverty as deprivation of basic capabilities. An explanation of Amartya Sen’s development strategy and several measures of human development that adopted the capability approach in practice. An analysis of the dual nature of the Brazilian social policies from 2003 to 2016. A general overview of the main social policies implemented during the governments of Lula Da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. The decline of the social policies and the social expenditure under the last two Brazilian governments (2016-2021). Sen’s people-centered idea of development and his capability approach applied to the case of contemporary Brazil: the necessary government’s actions to eradicate the structural socio-economic inequalities in the country. An evaluation of the necessary governments’ actions to eliminate the Brazilian entrenched inequality through the practical adoption of Sen’s capability approach and his development strategy.
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Bibliografia: pp. 153-159.
| Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
|---|---|
| Institution: | Luiss Guido Carli |
| Degree Program: | Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-62) |
| Chair: | Global justice |
| Thesis Supervisor: | Gentile, Valentina |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Garonna, Paolo |
| Academic Year: | 2019/2020 |
| Session: | Extraordinary |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2021 06:45 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2021 06:45 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/29563 |
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