Capability-promoting policies: Enhancing individual and social development - Hardcover

Hans-Uwe Otto; Melanie Walker; Holger Ziegler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447334310 ISBN 13: 9781447334316

Publisher: Policy Press, 2017

Synopsis

This volume answers fundamental questions such as how human development is fostered; How to overcome unjust societies with better distribution of opportunities to flourish; How can human development be revitalized in countries where social welfare is put into question? The book focuses on analysing existing development policies and suggesting coherent and systematic strategies for policies at the local, national and international level.

About this title

About the Author

Hans-Uwe Otto is senior research professor on the Faculty of Educational Science and codirector of the Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research at Bielefeld University, Germany. Melanie Walker is senior research professor and National Research Foundation Chair of higher education and human development at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Holger Ziegler is professor of social work, dean of the Faculty of Educational Science, and codirector of the Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research at Bielefeld University, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447334310
• ISBN 13: 9781447334316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker, Holger Ziegler