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The Capability Approach, Empowerment and Participation

Concepts, Methods and Applications

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Editors:
  1. David Alexander Clark

    1. Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
      Action Research for CO-Development (ARCO), PIN-Educational and Scientific Services for the University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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  2. Mario Biggeri

    1. Action Research for CO-Development (ARCO), PIN-Educational and Scientific Services for the University of Florence, Florence, Italy
      Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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  3. Alexandre Apsan Frediani

    1. Development Planning Unit, University College London, London, UK

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  • Offers theoretical and practical solutions for safeguarding the transformative roots of participation and facilitating empowerment
  • Reflects on local and global partnerships for sustainable human development
  • Expands on key concepts in the literature including freedom, agency and empowered learning

Part of the book series: Rethinking International Development series (RID)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Human Development and the Capability Approach: The Role of Empowerment and Participation

      • Alexandre Apsan Frediani, David Alexander Clark, Mario Biggeri
      Pages 3-36

  4. Applications and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Participatory Development: A Sustainable Approach for Reducing Inequality and Fighting Poverty? The Example of Disability Policies in Afghanistan

      • Parul Bakhshi, Jean-François Trani
      Pages 157-191

    3. Children and Youth Participation in Decision-Making and Research Processes

      • Mario Biggeri, Caterina Arciprete, Ravi Karkara
      Pages 193-221

    4. The Integrated Capabilities Framework: Exploring Multiculturalism and Human Well-Being in Participatory Settings

      • David Alexander Clark, Susan Hodgett
      Pages 223-260

    5. Participatory Research Methods and the Capability Approach: Researching the Housing Dimensions of Squatter Upgrading Initiatives in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

      • Alexandre Apsan Frediani
      Pages 261-288

    6. Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in the South Pacific

      • John Schischka
      Pages 289-310

    7. Planning and Managing for Human Development: What Contribution Can the Capability Approach Make?

      • Gabriel Ferrero y De Loma-Osorio, Carlos Zepeda
      Pages 311-338

    8. Emancipatory Research as Empowerment: An Illustration from a Research Study of Persons with Disabilities in Palestine

      • Mario Biggeri, Federico Ciani
      Pages 339-359

  5. Conclusions and Policy Lessons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361
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    2. Capability Development and Decentralization

      • Santosh Mehrotra
      Pages 363-383

    3. Participation, Empowerment and Capabilities: Key Lessons and Future Challenges

      • David Alexander Clark, Mario Biggeri, Alexandre Apsan Frediani
      Pages 385-402
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About this book

This book explores the linkages between Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and participatory forms of development – especially those associated with critical pedagogy and empowerment from the bottom-up. It shows how the capability approach and the participatory movement can complement and reinforce each other helping to ensure that democratic principles are respected and become the foundation for sustainable human development. The Capability Approach provides guiding principles for protecting the transformative roots of participation (safeguarding ownership, accountability and empowerment), while participation delivers vital methods for making the Capability Approach operational. Divided into three overlapping parts that focus on concepts, methods and applications, this work draws on diverse fieldwork experiences to unpack power relations, address adaptive preferences, explore individual and collective agency, consider new partnerships for development, and develop innovative concepts.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David Alexander Clark

  • Action Research for CO-Development (ARCO), PIN-Educational and Scientific Services for the University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    David Alexander Clark, Mario Biggeri

  • Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Mario Biggeri

  • Development Planning Unit, University College London, London, UK

    Alexandre Apsan Frediani

About the editors

David Alexander Clark is Affiliated Lecturer in the Centre of Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Mario Biggeri is Associate Professor in Development Economics at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Alexandre Apsan Frediani is Associate Professor in the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London, UK.

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