{"product_id":"valuing-freedoms-sens-capability-approach-and-poverty-reduction-9780199245796","title":"Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeremy G. (University of Alabama, USA) Butler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Development - Economic Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSabina Alkire shows how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen's capability approach can be coherently---and practically---put to work in poverty reduction activities. Sen argues that economic development should expand 'valuable' freedoms. Alkire probes how we identify what is valuable. Foundational issues are addressed critically---dimensions of development, practical reason, culture, basic needs---drawing on Thomist authors who give central place to authentic participation. A participatory procedure for identifying capability change is then developed. Case studies of three Oxfam activities in Pakistan---goat-rearing, female literacy, and rose cultivation---illustrate this novel approach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892281491607,"sku":"9780199245796","price":17851.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199245796.webp?v=1781186327","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/valuing-freedoms-sens-capability-approach-and-poverty-reduction-9780199245796","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}