The capability approach: concepts, measures and applications

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 appro...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK ; New York Cambridge University Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 614 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
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