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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.
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.
Friendship, knowledge of foreign groups, the ability to purchase
milk and shoes, the scent of summer roses: of what interest is this
type of information to economists? Sabina Alkire shows how Nobel
Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen's capability approach can be
coherently--and practically--put to work in poverty reduction
activities. Sen argues that economic development should expand
'valuable' freedoms. Alkire probes how we identify what is
valuable. Foundational issues are addressed critically--dimensions
of development, practical reason, culture, basic needs--drawing on
Thomist authors who give central place to authentic participation.
A participatory procedure for identifying capability change is then
developed. Case studies of three Oxfam activities in
Pakistan--goat-rearing, female literacy, and rose
cultivation--illustrate this novel approach. Valuing Freedoms will
be of considerable interest to economists, philosophers,
development practitioners, and theologians, as well as to followers
of Sen's work.
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