The Capability Approach (eBook, ePUB)

Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region
Redaktion: Panzironi, Francesca; Gelber, Katharine

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the application of the capability approach in development practice and in public policy, focussing on its adoption in the Asia-Pacific region, in both developed and developing countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136297854
• Artikelnr.: 38446545

Autorenporträt

Francesca Panzironi is Lecturer in Development Studies in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Katharine Gelber is Associate Professor in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Katharine Gelber and Francesca Panzironi Part 1: Issues in
Capability Theory 1. The Capability Approach: Its Interpretation and
'Limitations' Mozaffar Qizilbash 2. Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach: Its
Impact on Theory and Practice in Social Development Richard Hugman 3.
Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach and Freedom of Speech Katharine Gelber
Part 2: Developed Countries in the Asia-Pacific: Marginalisation,
Well-being and Public Policy 4. Thinking About Maori Development in Terms
of the Capability Approach: The Shift Towards the Adoption of the Maori
Potential Approach Manuhuia Barcham 5. The 'Indigenous Capability Right to
Health' and Australia's 'Close the Gap' Indigenous Health Policy Francesca
Panzironi 6. Aboriginal Peoples' Participation in the Review of the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 in South Australia David Baker, Francesca
Panzironi and Sydney Sparrow 7. Living on the Margins: The Capabilities of
Older Renters in Sydney, Australia Alan Morris 8. A Method for Assessing
the Adequacy of Australian Children's Living Standards Gerry Redmond 9.
Beyond Participation: A Capability Approach to Urban Development in Sydney
Andy Dong Part 3: Developing Countries in the Asia-Pacific 10. Samoa,
Vanuatu and New Zealand: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of
Development Programs John Schischka 11. Re-Evaluating the MDG framework in
Papua New Guinea Joy Paton and Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl 12. Sri Lanka:
Using Information and Communications Technology to Build Capabilities for
Wellbeing in Post-Conflict Communities Donna Vaughan