Amartya Sen's capability approach and social justice in education
By: edited by Melanie Walker and Elaine Unterhalter.
Contributors: Walker, Melanie.; Unterhalter, Elaine.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781403975041
Subjects: Sen, Amartya Kumar; Educational sociology; Education -- Economic aspects; Learning ability; Social justice
Description: This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach, and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The capability approach has attracted attention across disciplinary boundaries in recent years contributing to debates in economics, political philosophy, health and social policy. This book complements these discussions by considering the potential of the approach for work in education, showing how the capability approach challenges some of the key assumptions of human capital theory and how it can provide substance for policy and practice in education concerned with social justice. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality, and higher education. Contributors hail from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Mexico.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-263) and index.