" Notions such as wellbeing, freedom, and social justice are integral to evaluating social
progress and developing policies. One increasingly influential way to think about these …

Research by many feminist economists bears a set of common methodological features,
which Marilyn Power has identified as the social provisioning approach (SPA). This chapter …

This paper offers a critique of Martha Nussbaum's description of the capability approach,
and offers an alternative. I will argue that Nussbaum's characterization of the capability …

A capability approach prescribes paternalist government actions to the extent that it requires
the promotion of specific functionings, instead of the corresponding capabilities. Capability …

The capability approach is one of the main contenders in the field of theorizing social justice.
Each citizen is entitled to a set of basic capabilities. But which are these? Martha Nussbaum …

“The Capability Approach”(CA) is a normative and critical framework for assessing the well-
being of people and societies. It is a pluralistic methodology open to deliberation, with …

Amartya Sen is one of the world's best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the
downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe. He has …

This paper aims to clarify the status of capability in Sen's idea of justice. Sen's name is so
widely associated with the concept of capability that commentators often assume that his …

A key task within the capability approach is the selection of relevant capabilities. The
question of how to select capabilities has divided capability theorists into two camps: those …

Der deutsche Sozialstaat ist gut ausgebaut, aber er leistet nicht genug gegen
gesellschaftliche Spaltung. So wichtig Umverteilung ist, Geld allein kann Gerechtigkeit nicht …