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Contemporary Issues in Human Development and Policy(A New Millennium Perspective)Offered by: Srijit Mishra (January-May 2010)The course will discuss conceptual issues (Sen's Capability and Rawls' among others),issues of measurement, governance and participation and other related aspects. Thestudents will have to do a field survey. Evaluation will be based on assignments, book review, field survey and term paper. The book review, field survey write-up and term papers have to be presented and discussed as part of the evaluation process. The weightswould depend on the emphasis given to each as the course progresses. However, to givean idea, the weights given in 2009 were: Assignments and classroom interactions (20%),Field Survey (25%), Book Review (20%) and Term Paper (35%). Note that the weightsmay differ in 2010.A
tentative
course outline and reading list is given below.1Concepts and Dimensions of Human Development1.1Ends and Means of Development1.2Multi faceted Nature of Development1.3Rawls: A Critique of Utilitarianism1.4Sen: The Capability Approach1.5Dimensions of Development1.6Human Rights and Human Development1.7Cultural Diversity and Human Development2Measurement Aspects2.1Refinement of Human Development Index2.2Measuring Deprivation adjusted for Group Disparities2.3Secluded (isolated) and Proximate Illiteracy2.4Measuring Group Differentials2.5Multidimensional Poverty3Applications3.1Agrarian Crisis and Farmers’ Suicides3.2Public Health Issues3.3Field Survey
 
Readings:Principal Text: Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko and Shiva Kumar, A. K., (eds) (2005) Readings inHuman Development: Concepts, Measures and Policies for a DevelopmentParadigm, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.Shiva Kumar, A.K., Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko (eds.) (2009) Handbook of HumanDevelopment: Concepts, Measures, and Policies, Oxford University Press, NewDelhi. (A revised version of the previous book).Principal Journal:
 Journal of Human Development and Capability
December 2007 issue of 
Oxford Development Studies
also discusses about someindicators and related measurement.We also have the
 Indian Journal of Human Development 
.UNDP Web site:http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/learnmore/#d.en.18753OPHI publications link:http://www.ophi.org.uk/subindex.php?id=publications0#missing* indicates essential readings1.1.1 *Sen, Amartya (1999),
 Development as Freedom
, Oxford University Press, Delhi. pp. 1-53.1.1.2 Sen, Amartya (1998), Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms, in Jean Drèze andAmartya Sen edited
 Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives
, OxfordUniversity Press. Delhi. pp. 1-32.1.2.1 *Sen, Amartya (2000) "A Decade of Human Development,"
 Journal of Human Development 
, 1 (1), 17-23.1.3.1 *Rawls, J (2000)
 Justice as Fairness: A Restatement 
, The Belknap Press, Chapter 1and 2 (especially sections 1-7, 18).1.3.2 Rawls, J (1971)
 A Theory of Justice
, The Belknap Press.1.3.3 *Sen, Amartya (2006) "What do we want from a theory of justice" in
 Journal of  Philosophy
, Vol CIII, No. 5. May 2006, pp.215-238.1.3.4 Sen Amartya (2009)
The Idea of Justice
, Penguin Books, London.1.4.1 Lancaster, K (1966) A New Approach to Consumer Theory,
 Journal of Political  Economy
, 74: 132-157.1.4.2 *Sen, Amartya (1985))
Commodities and Capabilities
, Chapter 1-4 (primarilychapter 2).1.4.3 Sen, Amartya (1989) Development as Capability Expansion, Chapter 1 in SFukuda-Parr and AK Shiva Kumar (eds)
 Readings in Human Development 
,Oxford University Press.
 
1.4.4 *Robeyns, I (2005): The Capability Approach: A Theoretical Survey"
 Journal of  Human Development 
, 6 (1).1.4.5 Alkire, S (2005) Why the Capability Approach?"
 Journal of Human Development 
,Vol.6, No. 1, March.1.4.6 Nussbaum, Martha (2003), Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements: Sen andSocial Justice,
 Feminist Economics
, 9 (2-3): 33-59.
DOI:
10.1080/13545700220000779261.4.7
Biggeri, Mario, Renato Libanora, Stefano Mariani and Leonardo Menchini (2006),Children Conceptualizing their Capabilities: Results of a Survey Conductedduring the First Children's World Congress on Child Labour,
 Journal of Human Development 
, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 59-83.
DOI:
10.1080/146498805005011791.4.8 Fleurbaey, Marc (2006), Capabilities, Functioning and Refined Functionings,
 Journal of Human Development 
, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 299-310.
DOI:
10.1080/146498806008158751.4.9 Ibrahim, Solava S (2006), From Individual to Collective Capabilities: TheCapability Approach as a Conceptual Framework for Self-help,
 Journal of  Human Development 
, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 397-416.
DOI:
10.1080/146498806008159821.4.10 Nussbaum, Martha C (2006) Education and Democrtatic Citizenship: Capabilitiesand Quality Education,
 Journal of Human Development 
, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 385-395.
DOI:
10.1080/14649880600815974.1.4.11 Kuklys, Wiebke (2005),
 Amartya Sen's Capability Approach: Theoretical insightsand empirical applications
, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.1.5.1 *Alkire, Sabina (2002) Dimensions of Human Development,
World Development 
,30 (2): 181-205.1.5.2 *Nussbaum, Martha (2003) Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements: Sen andSocial Justice,
 Feminist Economics
, 9 (2-3): 33-59.1.6.1 *UNDP (2000) 'Human rights and Human development' chapter 1.5 in SakikoFakuda-Parr and AK Shiva Kumar (eds),
 Readings in Human Development 
. Thisis taken from
 Human Development Report 2000
(chapter 1).1.6.2 Panda, Manoj et al (2005) Poverty Reduction Strategy as Implementation of theRight to Development in Maharashtra, Report Submitted to the Centre for Development and Human Rights, New Delhi, PP-053, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.
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