Amartya Sen's Capability Approach
Subtitle: Theoretical Insights and Empirical Applications (Studies in Choice and Welfare)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9783540261988
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Economics, Finance, Business and Industry; Social choice; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Welfare economics; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Mathematical models; Poverty
Description: "Kuklys examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen's approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice for poverty and inequality measurement in affluent societies such as the UK. Sen argues that an individual's welfare should not be measured in terms of her income, but in terms what she can actually do or be, her capabilities."--BOOK JACKET.