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Is Sen's Capability Approach an Adequate Basis for Considering Human Development?
- D. Gasper
- Psychology
- 2 January 2002
Sen's capability approach (SCA) has supported valuable work on Human Development (HD). It has brought attention to a much wider range of information on people's freedoms and well-being than in most… Expand
What is the capability approach?: Its core, rationale, partners and dangers
- D. Gasper
- Economics
- 1 June 2007
Abstract The paper specifies the core elements of Amartya Sen's capability approach to socio-economic valuation. It analyzes recent formulations by some of Sen's close associates, in addition to his… Expand
Evaluating the "logical framework approach": towards learning-oriented development evaluation
- D. Gasper
- Computer Science
- 1 February 2000
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Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life
- D. Gasper
- Sociology
- 1 June 2010
The concepts of well-being and quality of life concern evaluative judgements. There is insufficient understanding in current literature that these judgements are made variously due to the use of not… Expand
Human well-being: concepts and conceptualizations
- D. Gasper
- Sociology
- 2004
What should those who measure well-being try to measure? To address this question one must consider the nature of well-being, and the various purposes of the exercise of conceptualizing and… Expand
Securing Humanity: Situating ‘Human Security’ as Concept and Discourse
- D. Gasper
- Sociology, Political Science
- 1 July 2005
The label ‘human security’ has attracted much attention since the 1994 Human Development Report, but there are numerous conflicting definitions and agendas, and widespread scepticism. The Ogata–Sen… Expand
CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
- D. Gasper
- Sociology
- 2006
textabstractDiscourses on culture and development vary according to their conceptions of culture and of development and according to their standpoint. The ‘culture and development’ problematic has… Expand
Subjective and Objective Well-Being in Relation to Economic Inputs: Puzzles and Responses
- D. Gasper
- Psychology, Economics
- 1 June 2005
Systematic, large discrepancies exist between direct measures of well-being and the measures that economists largely concentrate on, notably income. The paper assesses and rejects claims that income… Expand
The Ethics of Development: From Economism to Human Development
- D. Gasper
- Political Science
- 2004
Preface 1. What is the Ethics of Development? 1.1. Why Development Ethics? Cases and Questions Extreme poverty amidst immense riches Health and sickness, needs and profits Towards a 'calculus of… Expand
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Sen's capability approach and Nussbaum's capabilities ethic
- D. Gasper
- Sociology
- 1 March 1997
The paper assesses Sen's more abstract version of capabilities theory, Nussbaum's more substantive Aristotelian version and attempts to apply such conceptions to women's lives. Sen's capability… Expand
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