Capabilities Power And Institutions
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Capabilities Power And Institutions
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Author : Stephen L. Esquith
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Capabilities Power And Institutions written by Stephen L. Esquith and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Political Science categories.
Development economics, political theory, and ethics long carried on their own scholarly dialogues and investigations with almost no interaction among them. Only in the mid-1990s did this situation begin to change, primarily as a result of the pioneering work of an economist, Amartya Sen, and a philosopher who doubled as a classicist and legal scholar, Martha Nussbaum. Sen&’s Development as Freedom (1999) and Nussbaum&’s Women and Human Development (2000) together signaled the emergence of a powerful new paradigm that is commonly known as the &“capabilities approach&” to development ethics. Key to this approach is the recognition that citizens must have basic &“capabilities&” provided most crucially through health care and education if they are to function effectively as agents of economic development. Capabilities can be measured in terms of skills and abilities, opportunities and control over resources, and even moral virtues like the virtue of care and concern for others. The essays in this collection extend, criticize, and reformulate the capabilities approach to better understand the importance of power, especially institutional power. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Sabina Alkire, David Barkin, Nigel Dower, Shelley Feldman, Des Gasper, Daniel Little, Asunci&ón Lera St. Clair, A. Allan Schmid, Paul B. Thompson, and Thanh-Dam Truong.
Capabilities Power And Institutions
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Author : Stephen Lawrence Esquith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Capabilities Power And Institutions written by Stephen Lawrence Esquith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Distributive justice categories.
The Capability Approach Empowerment And Participation
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Author : David Alexander Clark
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-05-15
The Capability Approach Empowerment And Participation written by David Alexander Clark and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the linkages between Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and participatory forms of development – especially those associated with critical pedagogy and empowerment from the bottom-up. It shows how the capability approach and the participatory movement can complement and reinforce each other helping to ensure that democratic principles are respected and become the foundation for sustainable human development. The Capability Approach provides guiding principles for protecting the transformative roots of participation (safeguarding ownership, accountability and empowerment), while participation delivers vital methods for making the Capability Approach operational. Divided into three overlapping parts that focus on concepts, methods and applications, this work draws on diverse fieldwork experiences to unpack power relations, address adaptive preferences, explore individual and collective agency, consider new partnerships for development, and develop innovative concepts.
Do Institutions Matter
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Author : R. Kent Weaver
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2010-12-01
Do Institutions Matter written by R. Kent Weaver and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with Political Science categories.
As a stunning tide of democratization sweeps across much of the world, countries must cope with increasing problems of economic development, political and social integration, and greater public demand of scarce resources. That ability to respond effectively to these issues depends largely on the institutional choices of each of these newly democratizing countries. With critics of national political institutions in the United States arguing that the American separation-of-powers system promotes ineffectiveness and policy deadlock, many question whether these countries should emulate American institutions or choose parliamentary institutions instead. The essays in this book fully examine whether parliamentary government is superior to the separation-of-powers system through a direct comparison of the two. In addressing specific policy areas—such as innovation and implementation of energy policies after the oil shocks of 1970, management of societal cleavages, setting of government priorities in budgeting, representation of diffuse interest in environmental policy, and management of defense forces—the authors define capabilities that allow governments to respond to policy problems. Do Institutions Matter? includes case studies that bear important evidence on when and how institutions influence government effectiveness. The authors discover a widespread variation among parliamentary systems both in institutional arrangements and in governmental capabilities, and find that many of the failings of policy performance commonly attributed to American political institutions are in fact widely shared among western industrial countries. Moreover, they show how American political institutions inhibit some government capabilities while enhancing others. Changing American institutions to improve some aspects of governmental performance could hurt other widely valued capabilities. The authors draw important guidelines for institutional reformers wh
Capabilities Power And Institutions
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Author : Stephen Lawrence Esquith
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010
Capabilities Power And Institutions written by Stephen Lawrence Esquith and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Philosophy categories.
The essays in Capabilities, Power, and Institutions extend, criticize, and reformulate the capabilities approach to development to better understand the importance of power, especially institutional power.
Power Capabilities Interdependence
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Author : Kjell Goldmann
language : en
Publisher: London ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications
Release Date : 1979
Power Capabilities Interdependence written by Kjell Goldmann and has been published by London ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Balance of power categories.
Power in the sense of who controls whom remains at the core of the study of politics, including international politics, but what this volume seeks to do is to identify and analyze some of the new and stronger factors, such as economic and multilateral institutions, which increasingly control this balance of power. Part one looks at the extent to which traditional notions about resources and capabilities remain tenable. Part two looks at the systematic development of an international interdependence, and the ways in which this alters and re-shapes the traditional notion of states, resources and power.
Development As Freedom
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Author : Amartya Sen
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2011-05-25
Development As Freedom written by Amartya Sen and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-25 with Business & Economics categories.
By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority of people--he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically restain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.
Do Institutions Matter
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Author : R. Kent Weaver
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Inst Press
Release Date : 1993
Do Institutions Matter written by R. Kent Weaver and has been published by Brookings Inst Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Political Science categories.
As a stunning tide of democratization sweeps across much of the world, countries must cope with increasing problems of economic development, political and social integration, and greater public demand of scarce resources. The ability to respond effectively to these issues depends largely on the institutional choices of each of these newly democratizing countries. With critics of national political institutions in the United States arguing that the American separation-of-powers system promotes ineffectiveness and policy deadlock, many question whether these countries should emulate American institutions or choose parliamentary institutions instead. The essays in this book fully examine whether parliamentary government is superior to the separation-of-powers system through a direct comparison of the two. In addressing specific policy areas - such as innovation and implementation of energy policies after the oil shocks of 1970, management of societal cleavages, setting of government priorities in budgeting, representation of diffuse interests in environmental policy, and management of defense forces - the authors define capabilities that all governments need in order to respond to policy problems. Do Institutions Matter? includes case studies that bear important evidence on when and how institutions infiuence government effectiveness. The authors discover a widespread variation among parliamentary systems both in institutional arrangements and in governmental capabilities, and find that many of the failings of policy performance commonly attributed to American political institutions are in fact widely shared among western industrial countries. Moreover, they show how American politicalinstitutions inhibit some government capabilities while enhancing others. Changing American institutions to improve some aspects of governmental performance could hurt other widely valued capabilities. The authors draw important guidelines for institutional reformers while emphasizing that institutions do have predictable risks and opportunities. They caution that a balance between such risks and opportunities must first be reached before policy reformers try to change political institutions.
The Capability Approach
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Author : Flavio Comim
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-24
The Capability Approach written by Flavio Comim and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-24 with Business & Economics categories.
The capability approach developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has become an important new paradigm in thinking about development. However, despite its theoretical and philosophical attractiveness, it has been less easy to measure or to translate into policy. This volume addresses these issues in the context of poverty and justice. Part I offers a set of conceptual essays that debate the strength of the often misunderstood individual focus of the capability approach. Part II investigates the techniques by which we can measure and compare capabilities, and how we can integrate them into poverty comparisons and policy advice. Finally, Part III looks at how we can apply the capability approach to different regions and contexts. Written by a team of international scholars, The Capability Approach is a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students concerned with the debate over the value of the capability approach and its potential applications.
A Relational Theory Of World Politics
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Author : Yaqing Qin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-05
A Relational Theory Of World Politics written by Yaqing Qin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-05 with Political Science categories.
A reinterpretation of world politics drawing on Chinese cultural and philosophical traditions to argue for a focus on relations amongst actors, rather than on the actors individually.