Creating Capabilities : : The Human Development Approach / / Martha C. Nussbaum.

If a country’s Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how the world’s billions of...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. A Woman Seeking Justice
  • 2. The Central Capabilities
  • 3. A Necessary Counter-Theory
  • 4. Fundamental Entitlements
  • 5. Cultural Diversity
  • 6. The Nation and Global Justice
  • 7. Philosophical Influences
  • 8. Capabilities and Contemporary Issues
  • Conclusion
  • Postscript
  • Appendix A. Appendix B. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index
  • Appendix A. Heckman on Capabilities
  • Appendix B. Sen on Well - Being and Agency
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index