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16 - For a Happy Human Development

from Part III - The Application Frontier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2018

By
Tadashi Hirai
Edited by
Flavio Comim ,
Shailaja Fennell  and
P. B. Anand
Flavio Comim
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Shailaja Fennell
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
P. B. Anand
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
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New Frontiers of the Capability Approach , pp. 384 - 410
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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