Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction (Queen Elizabeth House Series in Development Studies) - Couverture souple

Alkire, Sabina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199283311 ISBN 13 : 9780199283316

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2005

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sabina Alkire is currently a researcher with the Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University. Previously she has worked for the Commission on Human Security, coordinated the culture-poverty learning and research initiative at the World Bank, and developed participatory impact assessment methodologies with Oxfam and the Asia Foundation in Pakistan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199283311
• ISBN 13: 9780199283316
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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