Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice The Capability Approach Re-Examined

• Main Author: Robeyns, Ingrid
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Open Book Publishers 2017
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Basic needs; capability approach; Economic development; economic disparity; Economics; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; freedom; Human rights; Martha Nussbaum; Philosophy; Political economy; Political Science; public policy; Social justice; Social research and statistics; social science; Social sciences; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Welfare economics; Well-being; wellbeing

"Notions such as wellbeing, freedom, and social justice are integral to evaluating social progress and developing policies. One increasingly influential way to think about these concepts is the capability approach, a theoretical framework which was pioneered by the philosopher and economist Ama...