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Book SynopsisThis volume answers fundamental questions about how human development is fostered; How to overcome unjust societies with better distribution of opportunities to flourish; How can human development be revitalized in countries where social welfare is put into question?
Trade Review“this well-researched volume can function as a model for any author who might wish to research capabilities-enhancing policies in other social policy fields.” Citizen’s Income
"The capability approach has the remarkable ability to bring thinkers from substantially different places in this world together - and so does this book." René Lehwess-Litzmann, Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen an der Georg-August-Universität (SOFI), Germany
"This book represents a sound picture of the current understanding and use of the Capability Approach. The book deserves a wide readership - academics, students, practitioners and policy makers." Niels Rosendal Jensen, Danish School of Education (EDU), Aarhus University, Denmark
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler Part 1: Conceptual challenges What political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: chance and gratitude ~ Reiko Gotoh The capability approach, agency and sustainable development ~ Elise Klein and Paola Ballon Public policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India ~ Indira Mahendravada The contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American integration system ~ Guillermo Bornemann-Martínez, Pedro Caldentey and Emilio J. Morales-Fernándes Part 2: Modalities of structure and civil society A framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires ~ Séverine Deneulin, Eduardo Lépore, Ann Mitchell and Ana Lourdes Suárez Culture, equity and social wellbeing in New York City ~ Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert The third sector and capability-promoting policies ~ Giuseppe Acconcia, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Paolo R. Graziano Informal workers and human development in South Africa ~ Ina Conradie Part 3: Children, youth and education; The capability approach: what can it offer child protection policy and practice in England? ~ Brid Featherstone and Anna Gupta The capability approach and a child standpoint ~ Sharon Bessell Capabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling ~ Franziska Felder Early childhood educational curricula: implications of the capability approach ~ Antoanneta Potsi Education for all? Providing capabilities for young people with special needs ~ Christian Christrup Kjeldsen The instrumental values of education in the Southern Cone ~ Xavier Rambla Conclusion: What is to be done about capability-promoting policies? ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler
