Creating CapabilitiesThis is a primer on the Capabilities Approach, Martha Nussbaum’s innovative model for assessing human progress. She argues that much humanitarian policy today violates basic human values; instead, she offers a unique means of redirecting government and development policy toward helping each of us lead a full and creative life. |
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User Review - Fledgist - LibraryThingNussbaum lays out the capabilities approach to human development, which she has developed jointly with Amartya Sen, in this monograph. This provides an alternative to rights-based theories of change and development for the non-Western world. Read full review
Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach
User Review - Book VerdictNussbaum (law & ethics, Univ. of Chicago) looks at what it really means for a country to experience prosperity. Traditionally, a country's economic well-being was measured by its gross domestic ... Read full review
Contents
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2 The Central Capabilities
| 17 |
3 A Necessary CounterTheory
| 46 |
4 Fundamental Entitlements
| 69 |
5 Cultural Diversity
| 101 |
6 The Nation and Global Justice
| 113 |
7 Philosophical Influences
| 123 |
8 Capabilities and Contemporary Issues
| 143 |
Conclusion
| 185 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Creating Capabilities |
| Author | Martha C. Nussbaum |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0674061209, 9780674061200 |
| Length | 252 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy Philosophy / Political Political Science / Constitutions Political Science / Human Rights |
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