Poverty, Well‐Being, and Gender: What Counts, Who's Heard?

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Philosophy & Public AffairsVolume 31, Issue 3 p. 280-316 Poverty, Well-Being, and Gender: What Counts, Who's Heard? SUSAN MOLLER OKIN, SUSAN MOLLER OKIN SUSAN MOLLER OIUN is Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. The author of Women in Western Political Thought (Princeton University Press, 1979, second edition 1992), Justice, Gender; and the Family (Basic Books, 1989), and Is Multiculturalism Badfor Women? (Princeton University Press, iggg), she is currently working on gender and development, feminism and multiculturalism, and popular accounts of genetics and evolutionary biology.Search for more papers by this author SUSAN MOLLER OKIN, SUSAN MOLLER OKIN SUSAN MOLLER OIUN is Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. The author of Women in Western Political Thought (Princeton University Press, 1979, second edition 1992), Justice, Gender; and the Family (Basic Books, 1989), and Is Multiculturalism Badfor Women? (Princeton University Press, iggg), she is currently working on gender and development, feminism and multiculturalism, and popular accounts of genetics and evolutionary biology.Search for more papers by this author First published: 11 January 2005 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1088-4963.2003.00280.xCitations: 65 This article discusses recent literature on global poverty and economic development, focussing on Brooke Ackerly, Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000); Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000); and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (New York: Knopf, 1999). I am very grateful to Pranap Bardhan, Samuel Bowles, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Joshua Cohen, Gerald Cohen, Lynn Eden, Jane Mansbridge, John Roemer, Philippe van Parijs, Robert van der Veen, Debra Satz, Hillel Steiner, Myra Strober, Cass Sunstein, and the Editors of Philosophy & Public Affairs for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume31, Issue3July 2003Pages 280-316 RelatedInformation