• DOI:10.1080/1354570022000078024
Corpus ID: 15946768

SEN'S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND GENDER INEQUALITY: SELECTING RELEVANT CAPABILITIES

@article{Robeyns2003SENSCA,
  title={SEN'S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND GENDER INEQUALITY: SELECTING RELEVANT CAPABILITIES},
  author={I. Robeyns},
  journal={Feminist Economics},
  year={2003},
  volume={9},
  pages={61 - 92}
}

• I. Robeyns
• Published 2003
• Sociology
• Feminist Economics

This paper investigates how Amartya Sen's capability approach can be applied to conceptualize and assess gender inequality in Western societies. I first argue against the endorsement of a definitive list of capabilities and instead defend a procedural approach to the selection of capabilities by proposing five criteria. This procedural account is then used to generate a list of capabilities for conceptualizing gender inequality in Western societies. A survey of empirical studies shows that… Expand

View on Taylor & Francis

csde.washington.edu

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed