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Amartya Sen's capability approach and social justice in education /

This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach, and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The capability approach has attracted attention across disciplinary boundaries in recent years contributing to debates in economics, poli...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Walker, Melanie, Unterhalter, Elaine
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Édition:1st ed.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach, and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The capability approach has attracted attention across disciplinary boundaries in recent years contributing to debates in economics, political philosophy, health and social policy. This book complements these discussions by considering the potential of the approach for work in education, showing how the capability approach challenges some of the key assumptions of human capital theory and how it can provide substance for policy and practice in education concerned with social justice. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality, and higher education. Contributors hail from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Mexico.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.
ISBN:9780230604810
0230604811
1349535737
9781349535736
9786611362645
6611362649
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