| A Theory of Human Need 1991 Edition Contributor(s): Doyal, Len (Author), Gough, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333383257 ISBN-13: 9780333383254 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $58.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Law | International |
| Dewey: 338.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.07 lbs) 381 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rejecting fashionable subjectivist and cultural relativist approaches, this important book argues that human beings have universal and objective needs for health and autonomy and a right to their optimal satisfaction. The authors develop a system of social indicators to show what such optimization would mean in practice and assess the records of a wide range of developed and underdeveloped economies in meeting their citizens' needs |