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    Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers
    Keywords: Economic development ; Well-being ; Social justice ; Basic needs ; Well-being.. ; Social justice.. ; Basic needs ; Economic development.. ; Electronic books ; Capability Approach
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Why the capability approach? -- 1.2 The worries of the sceptics -- 1.3 A yardstick for the evaluation of prosperity and progress -- 1.4 Scope and development of the capability approach -- 1.5 A guide for the reader -- 2. Core Ideas and the Framework -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A preliminary definition of the capability approach -- 2.3 The capability approach versus capability theories -- 2.4 The many modes of capability analysis -- 2.5 The modular view of the capability approach -- 2.6 The A-module: the non-optional core of all capability theories -- 2.6.1 A1: Functionings and capabilities -- 2.6.2 A2: Functionings and capabilities are value-neutral categories -- 2.6.3 A3: Conversion factors -- 2.6.4 A4: The means-ends distinction -- 2.6.5 A5: Functionings and capabilities as the evaluative space -- 2.6.6 A6: Other dimensions of ultimate value -- 2.6.7 A7: Value pluralism -- 2.6.8 A8: The principle of each person as an end -- 2.7 The B-modules: non-optional modules with optional content -- 2.7.1 B1: The purpose of the capability theory -- 2.7.2 B2: The selection of dimensions -- 2.7.3 B3: Human diversity -- 2.7.4 B4: Agency -- 2.7.5 B5: Structural constraints -- 2.7.6 B6: The choice between functionings, capabilities, or both -- 2.7.7 B7: Meta-theoretical commitments -- 2.8 The C-modules: contingent modules -- 2.8.1 C1: Additional ontological and explanatory theories -- 2.8.2 C2: Weighing dimensions -- 2.8.3 C3: Methods for empirical analysis. -- 2.8.4 C4: Additional normative principles and concerns -- 2.9 The modular view of the capability account: a summary -- 2.10 Hybrid theories -- 2.11 The relevance and implications of the modular view -- 2.12 A visualisation of the core conceptual elements -- 2.13 The narrow and broad uses of the capability approach -- 2.14 Conclusion.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (268 pages)
    ISBN: 9781783744237
    DDC: 306.3
    Language: English
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