Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures

pp v-v

List of tables

pp vi-vi

Notes on contributors

pp vii-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-2

One - Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy

pp 3-20

Part 1 - Conceptual challenges

pp 21-22

Two - What political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: chance and gratitude

pp 23-42

Three - The capability approach, agency and sustainable development

pp 43-62

Four - Public policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India

pp 63-84

Five - The contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American Integration System

pp 85-108

Part 2 - Modalities of structure and civil society

pp 109-110

Six - A framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires

pp 111-130

Seven - Culture, equity and social wellbeing in New York City

pp 131-144

Eight - The third sector and capability-promoting policies

pp 145-160

Nine - Informal workers and human development in South Africa

pp 161-180

Part 3 - Children, youth and education

pp 181-182

Ten - The capability approach: what can it offer child protection policy and practice in England?

pp 183-200

Eleven - The capability approach and a child standpoint

pp 201-218

Twelve - Capabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling

pp 219-236

Thirteen - Early childhood educational curricula: implications of the capability approach

pp 237-258

Fourteen - Education for all? Providing capabilities for young people with special needs

pp 259-278

Fifteen - The instrumental values of education in the Southern Cone

pp 279-298

Conclusion

pp 299-300

Sixteen - What is to be done about capability-promoting policies?

pp 301-306

Index

pp 307-317