
Education, Welfare and the Capabilities Approach
A European Perspective
Verlag Barbara Budrich
1st Edition
Published on 18. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-3-86649-290-5 (ISBN)
Description
Capabilities Approach The authors assess the potentials and pitfalls of the Capabilities Approach to issues of education and welfare. Renowned philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, economists and educational scientists explore the conceptual and practical implications of this approach for delivering socially just policies. The volume analyses the potentials and pitfalls of the Capabilities Approach (CA) which was initially developed by the Indian economist Amartya Sen and the American philosopher Martha Nussbaum. CA is considered as a philosophical approach to social justice, a scientific approach to research welfare production and eventually as a potentially new practically adoptable fundament for educational and social service delivery. CA is one of the currently most influential attempts to reconcile the competing demands which are associated with the fundamental conceptions of equality, recognition and liberty and advocates an egalitarian, political conception of social justice which is concerned with the cultivation, maximization and just distribution of the (real) freedom of individuals. Renowned philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, economists and educational scientists investigate the complex relation of education and welfare against the background of major economic, political and cultural transformations within and across European societies.
Reviews / Votes
This book analyzes the potentials and pitfalls of CA, which was initially developed by the Indian economist Amartya Sen and the American philosopher Martha Nussbaum.ISBS - Economics & Business Catalogue June 2010More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leverkusen-Opladen
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academics, professionals and policy makers in the fields of education and welfare
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Thickness: 1.4 cm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-86649-290-5 (9783866492905)
Schweitzer Classification
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Education, Welfare and the Capabilities Approach
A European Perspective
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Content
Introduction The Capabilities Approach - A philosopical challenge Capability Perspectives on Inequality and Welfare Capability Perspectives on Children and Growing up Capability Perspectives Education and Social Justice Perspectives of the Capabilities Approach in Education and Welfare Political Uses of the Capability Approach - Capabilities as an Educational Task in the Production of Well-Being