The Capability Approach: Concepts, Measures and Applications
by Edited by Flavio Comim , Mozaffar Qizilbash , Sabina AlkireEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-24
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
The capability approach developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has become an important new paradigm in thinking about development. However, despite its theoretical and philosophical attractiveness, it has been less easy to measure or to translate into policy. This volume addresses these issues in the context of poverty and justice. Part I offers a set of conceptual essays that debate the strength of the often misunderstood individual focus of the capability approach. Part II investigates the techniques by which we can measure and compare capabilities, and how we can integrate them into poverty comparisons and policy advice. Finally, Part III looks at how we can apply the capability approach to different regions and contexts. Written by a team of international scholars, The Capability Approach is a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students concerned with the debate over the value of the capability approach and its potential applications.
Table of Contents
| List of figures | |
| List of tables | |
| Introduction | |
| Using the capability approach: prospective and evaluative analyses | |
| Concepts: | |
| Amartya Sen's capability view: insightful sketch or distorted picture? | |
| Sen's capability approach and feminist concerns | |
| Beyond individual freedom and agency: structures of living together in the capability approach to development | |
| Does identity matter? On the relevance of identity and interaction for capabilities | |
| Measuring Capabilities | |
| Measures: | |
| Do concepts matter? An empirical investigation of the differences between a capability and a monetary assessment of poverty Caterina | |
| Social exclusion in the EU: a capability-based approach | |
| Complexity and vagueness in the capability approach: strengths or weaknesses? | |
| Operationalising Sen's capability approach: the influence of the selected technique | |
| Operationalizing capabilities in a segmented society: the role of institutions | |
| Applications: | |
| Democracy, decentralisation and access to basic services: an elaboration on Sen's capability approach | |
| Reinforcing household's capabilities as a way to reduce vulnerability and prevent poverty in equitable terms | |
| Capabilities over the lifecourse: at what age does poverty damage most? | |
| Social policy and the ability to appear in public without shame: some lessons from a food relief programme in Kinshasa | |
| The capability approach and gendered education:some issues of operationalisation in the context of the HIV/AIDs epidemic in South Africa | |
| Women and poverty In Mozambique: is there a gender bias In capabilities, employment conditions and living standards? | |
| From the quantity to the quality of employment: an application of the capability approach to the Chilean labour market | |
| Index | |
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