The Capability Approach: From Theory to Practice - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1137001445 ISBN 13: 9781137001443

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Riassunto

This collection explores how the Capability Approach (CA) can be 'brought out of the realm of ideas' to the 'realm of policy and practice'. Despite its undeniable contributions, one of the critiques against the CA is the difficulty of its application. How can human capabilities be articulated and promoted in practice? Is the CA applicable in the Global South and the Global North? What are some of the challenges encountered in its application and how can they be addressed? The authors seek to answer these research questions, making an important analytical and empirical contribution to the CA and its application. Through a series of case studies from the Global North (France, Germany and the UK) and the Global South (India, Egypt, Brazil, Ghana and Mongolia), they provide useful insights not only into the different ways and contexts in which the CA can be applied, but also into the various challenges that are encountered during these applications and the means to overcome these challenges. The volume is a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students, practitioners and academics alike. It bridges the gap between development theory and practice by explaining the importance of CA applications and the contributions these can make to the refinement of the approach itself.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Solava Ibrahim is Lecturer in International Development at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK. She is a former Research Fellow at the Brooks World Poverty Institute and affiliated lecturer at the Centre of Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is co-convener of the Empowerment and Collective Capabilities thematic group at the Human Development and Capability Association and the co-convener of the Multidimensional Poverty group at DSA and EADI.

Meera Tiwari is Reader in International Development Studies at the University of East London, UK. Her interconnected research interests include exploring social and economic poverties within the Capability Approach both within the southern and the northern contexts, and the Millennium Development Goals as a discourse for poverty reduction and policy pathways beyond 2015. She has conducted several field studies in India, Ethiopia, Tanzania and the UK. She is co-convenor for DSA and EADI's Multidimensional Poverty Groups and the co-convenor for The Human Development and the Capability Association's Thematic Group on Sustainable Human Development.

Wayne Shand, University of Manchester, UK Alexandre Apsan Frediani, University College London, UK PB Anand, University of Bradford, UK Tania Burchardt, London School of Economics, UK Polly Vizard, London School of Economics, UK Jürgen Volkert, Pforzheim University, Germany Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, University of Pavia and IUSS, Pavia, Italy Anna Sabadash, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and University of Pavia, Italy Hanitra Randrianasolo, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Jean-Luc Dubois, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1137001445
• ISBN 13: 9781137001443
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 273
• Redattore: Ibrahim Solava, Tiwari Meera
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