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The capability approach : concepts, measures and applications /
This book provides an analysis of Amartya Sen's capability approach in the context of poverty and justice.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Sabina Alkire, Mozaffar Qizilbash and Flavio Comim
- Using the capability approach: prospective and evaluative analyses / Sabina Alkire
- pt. I. Concept
- 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 / Severine Deneulin
- Does identity matter? On the relevance of identity and interaction for capabilities / Miriam Teschl and Laurent Derobert
- Measuring capabilities / Flavio Comim
- pt. 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
- pt. III. Applications
- Democracy, decentralisation and access to basic services: an elaboration on Sen's capability approach / Santosh Mehrotra
- Reinforcing households' 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
- 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 Giorgio 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.