The Capability Approach From Theory to Practice

How can human capabilities be articulated and promoted in practice? How can the challenges encountered in its application be addressed? This volume answers these research questions through nine country case studies from the Global North and the Global South.

1. The Capability Approach: From Theory to Practice - Rationale, Review and Reflections; Solava Ibrahim 2. Capability Approach, Livelihoods and Social Inclusion: Agents of Change in Rural India; Meera Tiwari 3. The Dynamics of Collective Agency in Practice: Women's Fight against FGM in Upper Egypt; Solava Ibrahim 4. Growing-up on the Street – Understanding the Lives of Street Children and Youth in Africa; Wayne Shand 5. An agency-oriented exploration of capabilities: Reflections from the UNDP 2010 Brasil Ponto a Ponto campaign; Alexandre Apsan Frediani 6. Sustainability and the Capability Approach: From theory to practice?; PB Anand 7. Using the capability approach to evaluate health and care for individuals and groups in England; Tania Burchardt and Polly Vizard 8. Capability Approach Applications in Germany: 9. Official Poverty and Wealth Reporting and Beyond; Jürgen Volkert 10. Integrating Human Capital and Human Capabilities in Understanding the Value of Education; Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Anna Sabadash 11. French Public Involvement in Fair-trade: An Opportunity to Link the Solidarity Economy and the Capability Approach; Hanitra Randrianasolo and Jean-Luc Dubois Conclusion

Wayne Shand, University of Manchester, UK Alexandre Apsan Frediani, University College London, UK PB Anand, University of Bradford, UK Tania Burchardt, London School of Economics, UK Polly Vizard, London School of Economics, UK Jürgen Volkert, Pforzheim University, Germany Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, University of Pavia and IUSS, Pavia, Italy Anna Sabadash, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and University of Pavia, Italy Hanitra Randrianasolo, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Jean-Luc Dubois, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France