Social Policy and the Capability Approach : : Concepts, Measurements and Application / / ed. by Mara Yerkes, Jana Javornik, Anna Kurowska.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Amado, Carla,; Bonvin, Jean-Michel,; Hearne, Rory,; Jansen, Erik,; Javornik, Jana,; José, José de São,; Kurowska, Anna,; Laruffa, Francesco,; Murphy, Mary,; Oliver, Liz,; Santos, Sérgio,; Timonen, Virpi,; Yerkes, Mara A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Javornik, Jana,; Kurowska, Anna,; Yerkes, Mara,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (172 p.) :; 2 Black and White

The capability approach, an increasingly popular conceptual and theoretical framework focused on what individuals are able to do and be, offers a unique evaluative perspective to social policy analysis. This book explores the advantages of this approach and offers a way forward in addressing concept...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of figures and tables
• Notes on the editors
• Notes on contributors
• Rethinking social policy from a capability perspective
• Education as investment? A comparison of the capability and social investment approaches to education policy
• From ‘active’ to ‘capable’: a capability framework for policy and practice on ageing and later life
• Converting shared parental leave into shared parenting: the role of employers and use of litigation by employees in the UK
• Comparative social policy analysis of parental leave policies through the lens of the capability approach
• Ask rather than assume: the capability approach in the practitioner setting
• Social investment, human rights and capabilities in practice: the case study of family homelessness in Dublin
• From the capability approach to capability-based social policy
• Index