The capability approach in practice : a new ethics for setting development agendas / Morten Fibieger Byskov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byskov, Morten Fibieger, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge research in applied ethics ; 10.

Routledge research in applied ethics ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economic development.

Capabilities approach (Social sciences).

Social justice.

Physical Description:

ix, 161 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

This book develops a philosophical framework for selecting goals for development purposes. This inclusive and democratic framework integrates a variety of resources including philosophical theory, empirical analysis, stakeholder deliberations, local knowledge, and advice from development experts. The author contends that we must provide good reasons and arguments in order to justify a particular development agenda. That is, we need to ask why we choose certain kinds of development goals over others, why we include certain agents in the selection process and not others, and why we select goals through one method rather than another.-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

1. The importance of developmental agendas

2. A capability framework for development goals

3. A Republican account of local authority in development

4. Third wave development expertise

5. Selecting capabilities for a development agenda

6. Methods for the selection of capabilities and functionings

7. An inclusive framework for setting development agendas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [142]-156) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138584457

1138584452

OCLC:

1029771001