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  1. HD&CA Debate Series – Indigenous Peoples and the Capability Approach

    …ucial if we are to understand the conditions in which the struggle for self-determination take place. Indigenous Peoples and the Capability Approach introduces readers to the human development and capability approach and explores how it might be used to help us to understand the values, needs, and aspirations of indigenous peoples. Split into three handy sections, the book explores the key concepts, methods and applications of the capability appro…

  2. Call for Papers: Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population

    …age for the full description of the project: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/8000 About this Research Topic: In recent years we may observe increasing interest in the development of social innovation both regarding theory as well as the practice of responding to social problems and challenges. One of the crucial challenges at the beginning of the 21st century is population ageing. Various new and innovative initiatives, programs, schem…

  3. Newly published! HD&C Debate Series – Technology and Human Development

    …ersatility of the capability approach when applied to technology, and shows the need to supplement it with other approaches in order to deal with the challenges that technology raises. More information: http://hd-ca.org/hdc-debate-series-technology Author: Ilse Oosterlaken Available for order at: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138780583/ HDCA members receive a 25% discount! Email admin@hd-ca.org to request the promotional code….

  4. Book on “The Capability Approach and Sustainability”

    …cent works on the topic. For more information, see: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415712538/ Please get in touch with the editors o.lessmann@hsu-hh.de or felix.rauschmayer@ufz.de for discount or if you would like to review the book….

  5. HD&C Debate Series – Technology and Human Development

    the details of technological design and ‘zoom out’ to see the broader socio-technical embedding of a technology. The book examines whether technology is merely a neutral instrument that expands what people can do and be in life, or whether technology transfers may also impose certain views of what it means to lead a good life. The final chapter examines the capability approach in relation to contemporary debates about ‘ICT for Development’ (ICT4D)…

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