Despite the formal rigour that attends social and economic measurement, the substantive meaning of particular measures could be compromised in the absence of a clear and coherent conceptualization of the phenomenon being measured. A case in point is afforded by the status of a "focus axiom" in...

Despite the formal rigour that attends social and economic measurement, the substantive meaning of particular measures could be compromised in the absence of a clear and coherent conceptualization of the phenomenon being measured. A case in point is afforded by the status of a "focus-axiom" in...

What is justice? / John Arthur and William H. Shaw -- What is political economy? / Martin Staniland -- What is poverty? / The Independent Commission on International Development Issues (The Brandt Commission) -- What is relative poverty? / Paul Harrison -- What is the economics that really...