Capability-Promoting Policies

Hans-Uwe Otto is Senior Research Professor and Director of the Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research at Bielefeld University. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Guest Professor at Shanghai University.Professor Melanie Walker joined the University of the Free State in February 2012 as Senior Research Professor in Higher Education and Human Development. In 2013 she was appointed as NRF Chair in Higher Education and Human Development. She is an Al-rated NRF researcher. Holger Ziegler is Professor for Social Work at the Faculty of Educational Science (specialising in professional theory, social justice research, and impact research) at Bielefeld University and Co-Director of the Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research.

• Introduction: Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger ZieglerPart 1: Conceptual challengesWhat political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: chance and gratitude ~ Reiko GotohThe capability approach, agency and sustainable development ~ Elise Klein and Paola BallonPublic policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India ~ Indira MahendravadaThe contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American integration system ~ Guillermo Bornemann-Martínez, Pedro Caldentey and Emilio J. Morales-FernándesPart 2: Modalities of structure and civil societyA framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires ~ Séverine Deneulin, Eduardo Lépore, Ann Mitchell and Ana Lourdes SuárezCulture, equity and social wellbeing in New York City ~ Mark J. Stern and Susan C. SeifertThe third sector and capability-promoting policies ~ Giuseppe Acconcia, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Paolo R. GrazianoInformal workers and human development in South Africa ~ Ina ConradiePart 3: Children, youth and education;The capability approach: what can it offer child protection policy and practice in England? ~ Brid Featherstone and Anna GuptaThe capability approach and a child standpoint ~ Sharon BessellCapabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling ~ Franziska FelderEarly childhood educational curricula: implications of the capability approach ~ Antoanneta PotsiEducation for all? Providing capabilities for young people with special needs ~ Christian Christrup KjeldsenThe instrumental values of education in the Southern Cone ~ Xavier RamblaConclusion: What is to be done about capability-promoting policies? ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler

“this well-researched volume can function as a model for any author who might wish to research capabilities-enhancing policies in other social policy fields.” Citizen’s Income