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Transforming Unjust Structures The Capability Approach /

The "capability approach" of development economist Amartya Sen, who received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998, poses a major challenge to the dominant paradigm of neo-classical economics. According to Sen, human well-being does not depend on the consumption of commodities but on the f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Deneulin, Severine (Editor ), Nebel, Mathias (Editor ), Sagovsky, Nicholas (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 19
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Capability Approach: Theoretical Discussion
  • Capabilities and Rights
  • "Necessary Thickening": Ricoeur's Ethic of Justice as a Complement to Sen's Capability Approach
  • Structural Injustice and Democratic Practice: The Trajectory in Sen's Writings
  • "Capable Individuals" and Just Institutions: Sen and Rawls
  • Justice for Women: Martha Nussbaum and Catholic Social Teaching
  • Transforming Unjust Structures: Five Case Studies
  • Narrative Capability: Telling Stories in the Search for Justice
  • Promoting Capability for Work: The Role of Local Actors
  • Enhancing Students' Capabilities?: UK Higher Education and the Widening Participation Agenda
  • Enter the Poor: American Welfare Reform, Solidarity and the Capability of Human Flourishing
  • "Patent Injustice": Applying Sen's Capability Approach to Biotechnologies.