The capability approach : concepts, measures and applications / edited by Flavio Comim, Mozaffar Qizilbash and Sabina Alkire.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xvii, 614 p. ; 24 cm. ; casedISBN:- 9780521862875
- 0521862876
- 9780521154529 (pbk.)
- 9780521862875:
- Sen, Amartya, 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation
- Sen, Amartya, 1933-
- Social justice -- Mathematical models
- Distributive justice -- Mathematical models
- Welfare economics -- Mathematical models
- Poverty -- Mathematical models
- Welfare economics -- Evaluation -- Congresses
- Social justice -- Congresses
- Poverty -- Prevention -- Congresses
- Economic development -- Philosophy -- Congresses
- Economic development -- Social aspects -- Congresses
- Economics
- Economics
- Social & political philosophy
- Development economics & emerging economies
- 303.372
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CW017, CW758
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part I. Concepts] Amartya Sen's capability view: insightful sketch or distorted picture? Mozaffar Qizilbash -- Sen's capability approach and feminist concerns / Ingrid Robeyns -- Beyond individual freedom and agency: structures of living together in the capability approach to development / Séverine Deneulin -- Does identity matter? On the relevance of identity and interaction for capabilities / Miriam Teschl and Laurent Derobert -- Measuring Capabilities Flavio Comim.
[Part II. Measures] Do concepts matter? An empirical investigation of the differences between a capability and a monetary assessment of poverty / Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi -- Social exclusion in the EU: a capability-based approach / Fotis Papadopoulos and Panos Tsakloglou -- Complexity and vagueness in the capability approach: strengths or weaknesses? Enrica Chiappero Martinetti -- Operationalising Sen's capability approach: the influence of the selected technique Sara Lelli -- Operationalizing capabilities in a segmented society: the role of institutions Kanchan Chopra and Anantha Kumar Duraiappah.
[Part III. Applications] Democracy, decentralisation and access to basic services: an elaboration on Sen's capability approach / Santosh Mehrotra -- Reinforcing household's capabilities as a way to reduce vulnerability and prevent poverty in equitable terms / Jean-Luc Dubois and Sophie Rousseau -- Capabilities over the lifecourse: at what age does poverty damage most? Shahin Yaqub -- Social policy and the ability to appear in public without shame: some lessons from a food relief programme in Kinshasa / Tom De Herdt -- The capability approach and gendered education:some issues of operationalisation in the context of the HIV/AIDs epidemic in South Africa / Elaine Unterhalter -- Women and poverty In Mozambique: is there a gender bias In capabilities, employment conditions and living standards? Pier Giogio Ardeni and Antonio Andracchio -- From the quantity to the quality of employment: an application of the capability approach to the Chilean labour market / Kirsten Sehnbruch.
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