Capability-Promoting Policies

Enhancing Individual and Social Development

• Author(s): Otto, Hans-Uwe, Walker, Melanie, Holger Ziegler,
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Pages: 336
• ISBN_10: 1447334310
  ISBN_13: 9781447334316
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / General , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Security , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Social Science / Activism & Social Justice ,

Description:... How can unjust societies be overcome with a better distribution of opportunities to flourish? How can human development be revitalised in countries where social welfare is being questioned? In short, how can human development be fostered in practice? These are some of the important questions asked in this volume through analysis of existing policies and conceptualisations of coherent and systematic strategies for human development policies at the local, national and international level. International contributors innovatively combine the hitherto unpaired perspectives of the capability approach and the tradition of critical social policy with empirical examples using case studies from South-Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. The result is a call for a new, feasible approach towards more socially balanced, democratic and innovative capability-promoting policy activities, models and programmes that reduce social and human suffering to promote an enhanced social quality of current societies around the world.