Capability-Promoting Policies

Introduction: Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler; PART 1: Conceptual Challenges; What political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: Chance and gratitude ~Reiko Gotoh; The capability approach, agency and sustainable development ~Elise Klein and Paola Ballon; Public policy from welfare to empowerment of women in India ~ Indira Mahendravada; The contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American integration system ~ Guillermo Bornemann-Martinez, Pedro Caldentey and Emilio J Morales-Fernandes; PART 2: Modalities of Structure and Civil Society; A framework for urban integration: The case of Buenos Aires ~ Severine Deneulin, Eduardo Lepore, Ann Mitchell and Ana Lourdes Suarez; Culture, equity, and social Wellbeing in New York City ~ Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert; The third sector and capability-promoting policies ~ Guiseppe Acconcia, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Paolo R. Graziano; Informal workers and human development in South Africa ~ Ina Conradie; PART 3: Children, Youth and Education; The capability approach: What can it offer child protection policy and practice in England? ~ Brid Featherstone and Anna Gupta; The capability approach and a child standpoint ~ Sharon Bessell; Capabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling ~ Franziska Felder; Early childhood educational curricula: Implications of the capability approach ~ Antoanneta Potsi; Education for all? - Providing capabilities for young people with Special Needs (SEN) ~ Christian Christrup Kjeldsen; The instrumental values of education in the southern Cone ~ Xavier Rambla; Conclusion: What is to be done about capability-promoting policies? ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler.