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

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Weitere Verfasser: Yerkes, Mara A. 1976- (HerausgeberIn), Javornik, Jana 1976- (HerausgeberIn), Kurowska, Anna 1980- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol, UK : Chicago, IL, USA Bristol University Press ; Policy Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:Policy Press shorts
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Zusammenfassung: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
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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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 161 Seiten)
ISBN:9781447341796
DOI:10.46692/9781447341796

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