…bility approach can be applied and what challenges are encountered in these applications. The book also provides useful insights into how these challenges can be overcome. It is a must read for all those wishing to apply the capability approach on poverty, children, environment, macro-economic policy and national policymaking….
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Henry Richardson Awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship in Philosophy
…y that I have been abstractly defending for some time now. I call it “constructive ethical pragmatism,” honoring John Dewey’s insight that our “practical intelligence” makes us capable of reframing our deepest commitments on the fly, on the basis of reasons that arise in the context of action.” Read more at: https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/henry-s-richardson/ The Guggenheim Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholar…
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Seminar: ‘Capabilitarianism and education’
…e followed by comments from Elaine Unterhalter (Professor of Education and International Development, UCL Institute of Education) and Alejandra Boni (Associate Professor, Universitat Politècnica de València). If you would like to read the paper, ‘Capabilitarianism’ beforehand, it was published in 2016 in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol 17 Issue 3, pp 397-414. Please email Rosie Peppin Vaughan ahead of the event if you would…
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In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017
…ensional and that monitoring non-income deprivation was a central task for international agencies. One would expect nothing less from a former President of the Human Development and Capability Association. Tony wore his stellar professional achievements lightly. He was Sir Tony Atkinson, a Knight; a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Fellow of the British Academy; former President of the Econometric Society, the Royal Economic Society, the European…
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In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017
…ensional and that monitoring non-income deprivation was a central task for international agencies. One would expect nothing less from a former President of the Human Development and Capability Association. Tony wore his stellar professional achievements lightly. He was Sir Tony Atkinson, a Knight; a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Fellow of the British Academy; former President of the Econometric Society, the Royal Economic Society, the European…
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Kaleja, Ance (2017). 'Advancing Rights and Capabilities in Practice: Exploring the Realm of the Possible' Paper presented at the annual conference of the HDCA, Cape Town 2017.
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Vos, Robin (2017). 'Whose reality counts? Exploring children's capabilities with participatory methods.' Paper presented at the annual conference of the HDCA, Cape Town 2017.
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Robeyns, Ingrid. 2017. Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined. Open Book Publishers. Cambridge, UK. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0130
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OPEN ACCESS: Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined
…n within and outside the capability approach. It does so in a way which is readable and clear, and it manages to avoid on the one hand being too polemical, and on the other hand being too superficial. Ingrid Robeyns is uniquely well-placed to write such a book, being herself a well-established inter-disciplinary scholar whose work has contributed enormously to the development of the capability approach over the years. It has been a frustration for…
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Call for Papers: Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population
…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, schemes, and projects to respond to negative consequences of this demographic process are emerging around the world. However, social theories related to ageing are still insufficiently combined with these new practices, social movements, organisatio…