Amartya Sen's Capability Approach Theoretical Insights and Empirical
Kuklys examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen’s approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice for poverty and inequality measurement in affluent societies such as the UK. Sen argues that an individual’s welfare should not be measu
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D. Austen-Smith and J. Duggan Social Choice and Strategic Decisions XVI, 319 pages. 2005. ISBN 3-540-22053-4
Wiebke Kuklys
Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach Theoretical Insights and Empirical Applications
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Dr. Wiebke Kuklys Koppelweg 4 26169 Friesoythe Germany E-mail: [email protected]
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Preface by Amartya Sen
Students frequently develop a sense of immediate pride in the distinction of the university where they study. In contrast, universities are often quite slow in giving adequate recognition to the distinction of the intellectual work that some of their brilliant students do. Only when the outside world greets those works with enthusiasm do universities feel confident enough to convert their quiet sense of satisfaction into proud deference. There are, however, exceptions to this general rule. When a research contribution is so distinguished and the findings so clearly significant that their importance can be seen straightaway, the distinction of the work can receive immediate and sustained acclaim, without the academic hesitation that delays less transparent achievements. Wiebke Kuklys's dissertation is an example of just such an accomplishment which is already - within less than a year of its completion - receiving the appreciation it richly deserves. The conceptual departure involved in judging individual advantages and deprivation by the extent of human capabilities (what people are actually able to do or be) takes us in a different direction from the more traditional tests of pleasures and utilities, on the one hand, and incomes and resources, on the other. The approach has received considerable attention recently, but while many acknowledge the potential relevance of the alternative perspective
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