{"product_id":"capability-approach-in-practice","title":"Capability Approach in Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003ewe choose certain kinds of development goals over others, \u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003ewe include certain agents in the selection process and not others, and \u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003ewe select goals through one method rather than another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response to these questions, the author argues that development should aim at expanding people’s capabilities and functionings. Capabilities and functionings—capabilities that have been realized—tell us what people are actually able to do and be with their resources, goods, and formal freedoms. He advances the view that local stakeholders should have more authority in deciding what a development agenda looks like. This \u003ci\u003eclaim to local authority in development \u003c\/i\u003ecan be interpreted both as a claim to political authority and expert authority. Finally, the author argues that ad hoc, foundational, procedural, and mixed (multi-stage) methods need to be synthesized in order to select the best capabilities and functionings for development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Capability Approach in Practice \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a philosophical and systematic approach to setting development agendas. It is an important contribution to the literature on the capability approach and development ethics, which will appeal to a broad range of scholars within philosophy and development studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247636664664,"sku":"9781138584457","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138584457.jpg?v=1777799752","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/capability-approach-in-practice","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}