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Author Nambiar, Shankaran.

Title Sen's capability approach and institutions / Shankaran Nambiar.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Education in a competitive and globalizing world
Economic issues, problems and perspectives
Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.
Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents SEN'S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND INSTITUTIONS ; SEN'S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND INSTITUTIONS ; CONTENTS; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; 1.1. BACKGROUND ; 1.2. RESEARCH PROBLEM AND FOCUS ; 1.3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ; 1.4. SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ; 1.5. CONTRIBUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ; 1.6. CHAPTER FLOW ; DEFINING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH ; 2.1. INTRODUCTION ; 2.2. BEYOND WELFARE ECONOMICS ; 2.3. COMMODITIES, FUNCTIONINGS AND CAPABILITIES ; 2.4. WELL-BEING, ADVANTAGE AND CAPABILITIES ; 2.5. THE CAPABILITY APPROACH AS A FRAMEWORK OF THOUGHT ; 2.6. CONCLUSION ; INSTITUTIONS AND CAPABILITIES.
3.1. INTRODUCTION 3.2. DEFINITIONS OF INSTITUTIONS ; 3.3. TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS AND INSTITUTIONS ; 3.4. THE EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO INSTITUTIONS ; 3.5. RULES, LEARNING AND THE CAPABILITY SITUATION ; 3.6. INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN THE CAPABILITY APPROACH ; 3.7. CONCLUSION ; CONTEXT, CAPABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE ; 4.1. INTRODUCTION ; 4.2. ECONOMIC SPACE AND CAPABILITIES ; 4.3. ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ; 4.4. FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE: TACIT AND EXPLICIT ; 4.5. KNOWLEDGE AND THE CAPABILITY SITUATION ; 4.6. LEARNING AND THE CAPABILITY APPROACH ; 4.7. RULES, LEARNING AND THE CAPABILITY SITUATION.
4.8. CONCLUSION PATH DEPENDENCE, INSTITUTIONS AND PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS ; 5.1. INTRODUCTION ; 5.2. PATH DEPENDENCE ; 5.3. PATH DEPENDENCE AND THE CAPABILITY APPROACH ; 5.4. KNOWLEDGE AND PATH DEPENDENCE ; 5.5. RULES, ROUTINES AND PATH DEPENDENCE ; 5.6. CONCLUSION ; OVERCOMING PATH DEPENDENCE AND THE PURSUIT OF PURPOSEFUL CONNECTIONS ; 6.1. INTRODUCTION ; 6.2. LEARNING AND SELF-LOCATION ; 6.3. RATIONALE FOR PURPOSEFUL CONNECTIONS ; 6.4. CONNECTIONS AND EXTERNAL AGENTS ; 6.5. CONCLUSION ; SOCIAL EXCLUSION, PARTICIPATION AND CAPABILITIES; 7.1. INTRODUCTION ; 7.2. SOCIAL EXCLUSION: THE CONCEPT.
7.3. SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND CAPABILITIES 7.4. PROPOSING PARTICIPATION ; 7.5. CAPABILITY-IMPROVING PARTICIPATION ; 7.6. FRAMING PARTICIPATION AND CAPABILITIES WITHIN INSTITUTIONS ; 7.7. PARTICIPATION AND CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT IN PRACTICE ; 7.8. CONCLUSION ; INSTITUTIONS AND THE CREATION OF CONNECTIONS TO IMPROVE CAPABILITIES ; 8.1. INTRODUCTION ; 8.2. MOTIVATION FOR THE CASE STUDIES ; 8.3. METHODOLOGY FOR CASE ANALYSES ; 8.4. SOCIAL MOBILISATION AND CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT ; Nijera Kori ; CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT ; SPEECH ; 8.5. CREATING ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES.
Decentralised Education in Madhya Pradesh COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SANITATION21 ; 8.6. REVIEWING THE CASES FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 8.7. POLICY LESSONS ; 8.8. CONCLUSION ; CONCLUSION ; 9.1. METHODOLOGICAL STRENGTHS AND LIMITS ; 9.2. CREATING AN INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT ; 9.3. AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX.
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Language English.
Subject Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Welfare economics.
Welfare economics.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Institutional economics.
Institutional economics.
Capabilities approach (Social sciences)
Capabilities approach (Social sciences)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Sen's capability approach and institutions New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010. 1616685085 (hbk) (DLC) 2010484450
ISBN 9781612093628 ebook
1612093620
1616685085 hardback
9781616685089 hardback