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Social policy and the capability approach : concepts, measurements and application /

This book explores the advantages of the capability approach and offers a way forward in addressing conceptual and empirical issues as they apply specifically to social policy research and practice.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Yerkes, Mara (Auteur), Javornik, Jana (Auteur), Kurowska, Anna (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol, UK : Chicago, IL, USA : Bristol University Press ; Policy Press, 2019.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on the editors; Notes on contributors; One: Rethinking social policy from a capability perspective; Two: Education as investment? A comparison of the capability and social investment approaches to education policy; Three: From 'active' to 'capable': a capability framework for policy and practice on ageing and later life; Four: Converting shared parental leave into shared parenting: the role of employers and use of litigation by employees in the UK
  • Five: Comparative social policy analysis of parental leave policies through the lens of the capability approachSix: Ask rather than assume: the capability approach in the practitioner setting; Seven: Social investment, human rights and capabilities in practice: the case study of family homelessness in Dublin; Eight: From the capability approach to capability-based social policy; Index; Back cover