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    Women in Modern China

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    The people of China have been most influenced by Confucian ideas‚ and during the Han Dynasty Confucianism became part of the official education. Since Confucianism was being taught widespread it influenced the minds of the Chinese people enormously. Something the Confucian ideals taught was that women must hold a position that has less power than men‚ lowering the status of women. The only way a women could gain any type of respect was by birthing a son. It was taught that women should not have any

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    including respect for people‚ communities (in which the company operates) and the environment. Corporate plays a vital role in shaping the quality of life of the society as a whole in today’s globalized economy. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen‚ “Market forces alone are not sufficient for equitable distribution‚ and some sort of intervention is required‚ be it political or from business houses‚ towards society.” CSR covers various issues‚ like human rights‚ working conditions‚

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    of girl child is a basic facility area. Though the demographic characteristics do not show much or in some cases‚ anti-girl bias‚ there is always a woman who receives a small piece of the pie. There are two main inequalities as pointed out by Amartya Sen‚ the educational inequality and health inequality‚ these are the indicators of a woman’s status of welfare. In India irrespective of the caste‚ creed‚ religion and social status‚ the overall status of a woman is lower

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    Well-Being and Destitution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Downs‚ Anthony (1957)‚ An Economic Theory of Democracy. New York: Harper and Row. Dreze‚ Jean and Amartya Sen (1990)‚ Hunger and Public Action. Oxford University Press. Kramer‚ Ralph M. (1981)‚ Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State. Berkley: University of California Press. SenAmartya (1995)‚ “The political economy of targeting”. In Dominique van der Walle and Kimberly Nead (eds.)‚ Public Spending and the Poor. Theory and Evidence. Baltimore

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    different aspects of placements preparation. The aim of publishing this magazine is to make everyone aware of the current topics of discussion with related facts and figures. Wishing All the Best to the entire batch! Message from Editor….. 4. Is Amartya Sen correct in saying that Modi should not be the next prime

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    poet Vishnu Dev by Anandashankar Roy on July 13‚ 1947 appearing in the essay “Chittu Shototoi soondor”‚ The Sananda ‚ Nov. 22‚ 1996 - Gandhi‚ M - Goodman‚ W. R.‚ A History of English Literature Vol. II & I. New Delhi: Doaba House‚ 1994. -Gupta‚ Kalyan Sen.‚ The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore. Burlington (USA): Ashgate Publishing Ltd.‚ 2005 -Hogan‚ Patrick Colm‚ Lalita Pandit‚ Ed.‚ Rabindranath Tagore: Universality and Tradition -Isaiah‚ Berlin. The Sense of Reality: Studies in Ideas and Their History

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    Economic development

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    differs from economic growth. Whereas economic development is a policy intervention endeavor with aims of economic and social well-being of people‚ economic growth is a phenomenon of market productivity and rise in GDP. Consequently‚ as economist Amartya Sen points out: “economic growth is one aspect of the process of economic development.The scope of economic development includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic‚ political‚ and social well-being of its people.[2]

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    couples have 3 or more children while knowing that over half of the children in India are malnourished. That can coincide with my next point‚ that traditions and social factors play a big part in all this. In the book The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen‚ he stated that “… issues of individual’s rights and liberties have figures in discussions elsewhere as well‚ not least in the context of emphasizing the importance of the individual’s rights of decision-making..”. The most powerful and progressive

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    globalization: a reader. Mark Kesselman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.‚ 2007. 59-69. Print. Kesselman‚ Mark. “Globalization as Contested Terrain.” The politics of globalization: a reader. Mark Kesselman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.‚ 2007. 1-13. Print. SenAmartya. "How to Judge Globalism." The politics of globalization: a reader. Mark Kesselman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.‚ 2007. 28-36. Print. Stiglitz‚ Joseph E. "Globalism ’s Discontents." The politics of globalization: a reader. Mark Kesselman. Boston:

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    CONNECTION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality and existence‚ especially when considered as an academic discipline. But one can also say that it is not simply a theory about something‚ nor it is a belief or a wish. It is an activity of thought. Philosophy is a discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist in this world and what is their essential nature and what are the correct

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