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Capabilities Equality

Author : Alexander Kaufman

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 36,73 MB

Release : 2007-05-07

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1134236840

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The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartyr Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer the question: what is a proper measure of a person's condition for the purposes of determining what we owe each other, as a matter of justice? While the capabilities theory has avoided many of the conceptual difficulties that have undermined competing accounts of egalitarian justice, recent criticisms have raised questions regarding the focus, structure and justification of the theory. In this volume, leading scholars present new and original essays that address these controversies.



Capabilities, Gender, Equality

Author : Flavio Comim

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 483 pages

File Size : 49,94 MB

Release : 2014-04-17

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1107015693

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Provides unique reflections on the capability approach and its relevance to new human development policies and political liberalism.



Capabilities Equality

Author : Alexander Kaufman

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 17,81 MB

Release : 2007-05-07

Category : Law

ISBN : 1134236859

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In this volume, leading scholars present new and original essays to address controversies raised regarding the focus, structure and justification of the capabilities approach to equality.



An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach

Author : Severine Deneulin

Publisher : Earthscan

Page : 377 pages

File Size : 31,65 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1849770026

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Since the publication of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sens flagship book "Development as Freedom," development has been redefined in terms of human capability and opportunity. This approach has come to underpin the United Nations Development Programs influential Human Development Reports, and has had considerable significance in both academic and policy circles.



Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice

Author : Ingrid Robeyns

Publisher : Open Book Publishers

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 25,74 MB

Release : 2017-12-11

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1783744243

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How do we evaluate ambiguous concepts such as wellbeing, freedom, and social justice? How do we develop policies that offer everyone the best chance to achieve what they want from life? The capability approach, a theoretical framework pioneered by the philosopher and economist Amartya Sen in the 1980s, has become an increasingly influential way to think about these issues. Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined is both an introduction to the capability approach and a thorough evaluation of the challenges and disputes that have engrossed the scholars who have developed it. Ingrid Robeyns offers her own illuminating and rigorously interdisciplinary interpretation, arguing that by appreciating the distinction between the general capability approach and more specific capability theories or applications we can create a powerful and flexible tool for use in a variety of academic disciplines and fields of policymaking. This book provides an original and comprehensive account that will appeal to scholars of the capability approach, new readers looking for an interdisciplinary introduction, and those interested in theories of justice, human rights, basic needs, and the human development approach.



Gender Justice, Education and Equality

Author : Firdevs Melis Cin

Publisher : Springer

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 26,5 MB

Release : 2017-01-23

Category : Education

ISBN : 3319391046

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This book reframes gender and education issues from a feminist and capabilities perspective through a multi-generational study of women as teachers. It explores how different understandings of gender, equality and education generate a variety of approaches with which to pursue gender equality in education. Through employing the capabilities approach in a critical and innovative way to question justice, agency and well-being and also to evaluate valued functionings and capabilities, freedoms and lack of opportunities in women’s lives in Turkey it highlights the need for constructing a gender-just society. The book takes a closer look at these women’s memories, in order to understand how gender roles were created, negotiated and contested, and how the transition to modern ways of socialising and existing was shaped and women’s emancipation was guided by women teachers as social actors, rather than as passive onlookers or oppressed individuals. It provides important insights and critical evidence to be used in the planning and implementation of education and social/gender policies.



Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education

Author : Melanie Walker

Publisher : Springer

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 12,99 MB

Release : 2007-07-09

Category : Education

ISBN : 0230604811

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This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. 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.



The Capability Approach, Technology and Design

Author : Ilse Oosterlaken

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 41,22 MB

Release : 2012-03-28

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 940073879X

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The capability approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen places human capabilities at the centre stage of discussions about justice, equality, development and the quality of life. It rejects too much emphasis on mere preference satisfaction or resource provision and highlights the importance of human agency and freedom. This approach has already significantly influenced different fields of application, such as economics and development studies. Only recently have scholars started to explore its relevance for and application to the area of technology and design, which can be crucial factors in the expansion of human capabilities. How does technology influence human capabilities? What difference could a capability approach make to policies and practices of applying ICT in development processes in the South? How can we criticize and improve the design of technology from the perspective of the capability approach? The authors of this volume explore the implications of the capability approach for technology & design and together create the first volume on this emerging topic.



Measuring Justice

Author : Harry Brighouse

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 269 pages

File Size : 28,36 MB

Release : 2010-01-28

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139487442

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This book brings together a team of leading theorists to address the question 'What is the right measure of justice?' Some contributors, following Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, argue that we should focus on capabilities, or what people are able to do and to be. Others, following John Rawls, argue for focussing on social primary goods, the goods which society produces and which people can use. Still others see both views as incomplete and complementary to one another. Their essays evaluate the two approaches in the light of particular issues of social justice - education, health policy, disability, children, gender justice - and the volume concludes with an essay by Amartya Sen, who originated the capabilities approach.



Capabilities, Gender, Equality

Author : Flavio Comim

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 483 pages

File Size : 35,11 MB

Release : 2014-04-17

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1139916041

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Questions of gender, injustice and equality pervade all our lives, and as such, the capabilities or 'human development' approach to understanding well-being and basic political entitlements continues to be debated. In this thought-provoking book, a range of authors provide unique reflections on the capabilities approach and, specifically, Martha C. Nussbaum's contributions to issues of gender, equality and political liberalism. Moreover, the authors tackle a broad range of development issues, including those of religion, ecological and environmental justice, social justice, child care, disability and poverty. This is the first book to examine Nussbaum's work in political philosophy in such depth, bringing together a group of distinguished experts with diverse disciplinary perspectives. It also features a unique contribution from Nussbaum herself, in which she offers reactions to the discussion and her latest thoughts on the capabilities approach. Capabilities, Gender, Equality will interest a wide range of readers and policymakers interested in new human development policies.