Title:
Children and the capability approach
Author:
Biggeri, Mario.
ISBN:
9780230284814
Publication Information:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description:
xxi, 353 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Studies in childhood and youth
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction and Theoretical Perspectives on Children and the Capability Approach -- 1.Introduction - Theoretical Foundations and the Book's Roadmap / Vittorio Iervese -- 2.Children's Agency and the Capability Approach: A Conceptual Framework / Flavio Comim -- 3.Child Poverty as Capability Deprivation: How to Choose Domains of Child Well-being and Poverty / Santosh Mehrotra -- pt. II Understanding Children's Capabilities: Methods and Case Studies -- 4.From Valuing to Evaluating: Tools and Procedures to Operationalize the Capability Approach / Renato Libanora -- 5.Street Children in Kampala and NGOs' Actions: Understanding Capabilities Deprivation and Expansion / Stefano Mariani -- 6.Sen's Capability Approach: Children and Well-being Explored through the Use of Photography / Rebecca Lawthom -- 7.Child Agency and Identity: The Case of Peruvian Children in a Transitional Situation / Jerome Ballet --
Contents note continued: 8.Micro-finance, Street Children and the Capability Approach: Is Micro-finance an Appropriate Tool to Address the Street Children Issue? / Badreddine Serrokh -- 9.`Good for Children'? Local Understandings versus Universal Prescriptions: Evidence from Three Ethiopian Communities / Yisak Tafere -- 10.Children's Capabilities and Family Characteristics in Italy: Measuring Imagination and Play / Maria Laura Di Tommaso -- pt. III Policy Implications -- 11.Rethinking Children's Disabilities through the Capability Lens: A Framework for Analysis and Policy Implications / Mario Biggeri -- 12.Rethinking Access to Education through the Capability Approach: The Case of Street Children / Katia Radja -- 13.Re-examining Children's Economic and Non-Economic Activities Using the Capability Approach / Jerome Ballet -- 14.Children's Capabilities: Toward a Framework for Evaluating the Built Environment / Tridib Banerjee -- pt. IV Conclusions --
Contents note continued: 15.Developing Children's Capabilities: The Role of Emotions and Parenting Style / Flavio Comim -- 16.Final Remarks and Conclusions: The Promotion of Children's Active Participation / Jerome Ballet.
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