Select language

Skip to content

Human Development &
Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

  • Type

  • Thematic group

  • Region

  • Search

  1. SPECIAL ISSUE: LEBRET AND THE PROJECTS OF ÉCONOMIE HUMAINE, INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT ETHICS

    …lopment ethics within Catholic Social Teaching. Vitalis Anaehobi. Pages 127-145 L-J. Lebret: a human development ethics grounded in empirical social research and a global perspective. Des Gasper. Open access: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2021.1954051 Pages 146-166 Lebret’s Christian-inspired societal project and integral human development. Nuno Martins and Vitor Teixeira. Pages 167-184 The ‘common good’ spirituality of Louis-Joseph Lebret and

  2. Vote in the HDCA Executive Council Elections!

    The online voting for open positions on the HDCA Executive Council started on 12 April and will remain open through 12 May (12:00 am London time.) All HDCA members were sent an email with a link to their online ballot. Please contact Kathy (admin@hd-ca.org) with any questions or if you did not receive the email with voting link….

  3. Just published! “Wellbeing, Justice and Development Ethics”

    …urchase from Routledge. HDCA members receive a 25% discount (email admin@hd-ca.org for the promotional code.) The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda. How to frame this discontent and search for new alternatives when either Marxism or liberalism no longer provides a satisfactory framework? This book introduces in an accessible way the capability approach, first articulated by Amartya Sen in the early…

  4. “Well-Being, Justice and Development Ethics”

    …en for an international audience, but rooted in the Latin American reality – a region with a history of movements for social justice – the book argues that the capability approach provides to date, the most encompassing and compelling ethical framework with which to construct action for improving people’s wellbeing and reducing injustices in the world. This book outlines in a clear and concrete way what the capability approach is and its significa…

  5. 2016 HDCA Conference – Tokyo, Japan

    *THIS CONFERENCE HAS ENDED*

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE KEYNOTE LECTURES

    HDCA 2016 Conference

    “Capability and Diversity in a Global Society”

     September 1–3, 2016

    Tokyo, Japan

    Hosted by

     HitotsubashiLogo

    The 2016 HDCA Program Committee cordially invites scholars, government policy makers, practitioners and other interested parties from all over the world to participate in the 2016 HDCA conference.  Original empirical research, theoretical issues, case-studies or reports of experiences, or findings from major research projects, and book panels relevant to conference theme or more broadly related to human development/capabilities approach will be presented.

     

  6. Why join the HDCA?

    …ications or access member information Become a subscribed user to the site – free, with limited access to publications Become a full member of the HDCA – pay a nominal membership fee and have full access to publications and member listings, as well as other member benefits (such as a subscription to the Journal of Human Development & Capabilities) The table below summarizes the benefits available at each level. (This table is still a draft / under…

scroll to top