Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen's, capability approach, and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The capability approach has attracted attention across disciplinary boundaries in recent years contributing to debates in economics, political philosophy, health and social policy. This book complements these discussions by considering the potential of the approach for work in education, showing how the capability approach challenges some of the key assumptions of human capital theory and how it can provide substance for policy and practice in education concerned with social justice. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality, and higher education.Contributors hail from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Mexico.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Melanie Walker • Elaine Unterhalter
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-7504-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > General
LSN:	1-4039-7504-3
Barcode:	9781403975041

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