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Creating capabilities : the human development approach /

By: Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947-.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011Description: xii, 237 p. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674050549 (alk. paper); 9780674050549:; 0674050541 (alk. paper); 9780674072350.Subject(s): Social justice | Economic development | Economic development -- Philosophy | Women's rightsDDC classification: 303.372 NUS
Contents:
A woman seeking justice -- The central capabilities -- A necessary counter-theory -- Fundamental entitlements -- Cultural diversity -- The nation and global justice -- Philosophical influences -- Capabilities and contemporary issues.
Summary: In this critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index.

A woman seeking justice -- The central capabilities -- A necessary counter-theory -- Fundamental entitlements -- Cultural diversity -- The nation and global justice -- Philosophical influences -- Capabilities and contemporary issues.

In this critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect.

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