Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of figures v
4. List of tables vi
5. Notes on contributors vii
6. Introduction
7. Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy 3
8. Conceptual challenges
9. What political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: chance and gratitude 23
10. The capability approach, agency and sustainable development 43
11. Public policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India 63
12. The contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American Integration System 85
13. Modalities of structure and civil society
14. A framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires 111
15. Culture, equity and social wellbeing in New York City 131
16. The third sector and capability-promoting policies 145
17. Informal workers and human development in South Africa 161
18. Children, youth and education
19. The capability approach: what can it offer child protection policy and practice in England? 183
20. The capability approach and a child standpoint 201
21. Capabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling 219
22. Early childhood educational curricula: implications of the capability approach 237
23. Education for all? Providing capabilities for young people with special needs 259
24. The instrumental values of education in the Southern Cone 279
25. Conclusion
26. What is to be done about capabilitypromoting policies? 301
27. Index 307