Valuing freedoms : Sen's capability approach and poverty reduction

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Valuing freedoms : Sen's capability approach and poverty reduction

Sabina Alkire

(Queen Elizabeth House series in development studies)

Oxford University Press, 2005, c2002

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"First published in paperback 2005"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-325) and indexes

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • 1. INTRODUCTION: CAPABILITY AND VALUATION
  • 2. POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
  • 3. RANGE INFORMATION AND PROCESS
  • 4. PARTICIPATION AND CULTURE
  • 5. BASIC NEEDS AND BASIC CAPABILITIES
  • 6. ASSESSING CAPABILITY CHANGE
  • 7. THREE CASE STUDIES

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  • NCID
    BA72496448
  • ISBN
    • 0199283311
  • LCCN
    2001055463
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 340 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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