The capability approach and the praxis of development [electronic resource] / Séverine Deneulin.
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has shifted the welfare foundations of economic theory by assessing human well-being in terms of 'freedoms'. This has led to a new paradigm in development economics: development is about expanding the freedoms that people have reason to choose and value. Individu...
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Development as Freedom
- Human Well-being and Freedom
- Freedom within Structures of Living Together
- Political Freedom and Practical Reason
- From Development Theory to Practice
- The Costa Rican Human Development Story
- The Dominican Republic's Narrative
- Conclusion: The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development.