| Description |
xvii, 614 p. ; 24 cm. ; cased. |
| Note(s) |
CW017, CW758 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[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. |
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[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. |
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[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. |
| Local Note / Price |
70.66 |
| Subject(s) |
Sen, Amartya, 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Social justice -- Mathematical models.
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Distributive justice -- Mathematical models.
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Welfare economics -- Mathematical models.
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Poverty -- Mathematical models.
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| Alt Author |
Comim, Flavio.
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Qizilbash, Mozaffar.
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Alkire, Sabina.
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| ISBN |
9780521862875 |
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0521862876 |
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9780521154529 (pbk.) |
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