Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Capability-Promoting Policies by Xavier Rambla, Christian Christrup Kjeldsen, Franziska Felder, Sharon Bessell, Anna Gupta, Brid Featherstone, Paolo Graziano, Susan Seifert, Mark Stern, Ann Mitchell This volume answers fundamental questions about how human development is fostered; How to overcome unjust societies with better distribution of opportunities to flourish; How can human development be revitalized in countries where social welfare is put into question? FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume answers fundamental questions about how human development is fostered; How to overcome unjust societies with better distribution of opportunities to flourish; How can human development be revitalized in countries where social welfare is put into question? The book focuses on analysing existing development policies and suggesting coherent and systematic strategies for policies at the local, national and international level. Author Biography Hans-Uwe Otto is Senior Research Professor and Director of the Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research at Bielefeld University. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Guest Professor at Shanghai University.Professor Melanie Walker joined the University of the Free State in February 2012 as Senior Research Professor in Higher Education and Human Development. In 2013 she was appointed as NRF Chair in Higher Education and Human Development. She is an Al-rated NRF researcher. Holger Ziegler is Professor for Social Work at the Faculty of Educational Science (specialising in professional theory, social justice research, and impact research) at Bielefeld University and Co-Director of the Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research. Table of Contents Introduction: Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger ZieglerPart 1: Conceptual challengesWhat political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: chance and gratitude ~ Reiko GotohThe capability approach, agency and sustainable development ~ Elise Klein and Paola BallonPublic policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India ~ Indira MahendravadaThe contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American integration system ~ Guillermo Bornemann-Martínez, Pedro Caldentey and Emilio J. Morales-FernándesPart 2: Modalities of structure and civil societyA framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires ~ Séverine Deneulin, Eduardo Lépore, Ann Mitchell and Ana Lourdes SuárezCulture, equity and social wellbeing in New York City ~ Mark J. Stern and Susan C. SeifertThe third sector and capability-promoting policies ~ Giuseppe Acconcia, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Paolo R. GrazianoInformal workers and human development in South Africa ~ Ina ConradiePart 3: Children, youth and education;The capability approach: what can it offer child protection policy and practice in England? ~ Brid Featherstone and Anna GuptaThe capability approach and a child standpoint ~ Sharon BessellCapabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling ~ Franziska FelderEarly childhood educational curricula: implications of the capability approach ~ Antoanneta PotsiEducation for all? Providing capabilities for young people with special needs ~ Christian Christrup KjeldsenThe instrumental values of education in the Southern Cone ~ Xavier RamblaConclusion: What is to be done about capability-promoting policies? ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler Review "this well-researched volume can function as a model for any author who might wish to research capabilities-enhancing policies in other social policy fields." Citizens Income"The capability approach has the remarkable ability to bring thinkers from substantially different places in this world together - and so does this book." René Lehwess-Litzmann, Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen an der Georg-August-Universität (SOFI), Germany"This book represents a sound picture of the current understanding and use of the Capability Approach. The book deserves a wide readership - academics, students, practitioners and policy makers." Niels Rosendal Jensen, Danish School of Education (EDU), Aarhus University, Denmark Long Description This volume answers fundamental questions about how human development is fostered; How to overcome unjust societies with better distribution of opportunities to flourish; How can human development be revitalized in countries where social welfare is put into question? The book focuses on analysing existing development policies and suggesting coherent and systematic strategies for policies at the local, national and international level. Review Quote "This book represents a sound picture of the current understanding and use of the Capability Approach. The book deserves a wide readership - academics, students, practitioners and policy makers." Feature Extremely well published lead editor;Truly international collection with a range of policy examples;The uniqueness of the book lies on the combination of the Capability Approach and Critical Social Policy. Current social policies fail to enhance the opportunities of people to fully achieve their potential. This book offers examples of a capability-friendly policy approach against inequality and social exclusion. Details ISBN1447334310 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1447334310 ISBN-13 9781447334316 Format Hardcover Media Book Imprint Policy Press Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Holger Ziegler DEWEY 361.61 Publication Date 2017-11-08 Pages 336 Subtitle Enhancing Individual and Social Development Language English UK Release Date 2017-11-08 NZ Release Date 2017-11-08 Publisher Bristol University Press Illustrations 17 Tables, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white Author Ann Mitchell Alternative 9781447334323 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2017-11-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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