Women and Human Development

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Women and Human Development is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that develops and applies the capabilities approach to issues of gender justice and global development.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
philosophical work
aimsTo provide philosophical foundation for gender-sensitive development policy
rethink development in terms of what people are able to do and be
arguesAgainst cultural relativism that justifies gender inequality
purely income-based measures of development
utilitarian approaches to development
arguesFor capabilities as metric of justice
universal minimum threshold of capabilities
author Martha Nussbaum
surface form: Martha C. Nussbaum
countryOfPublication United Kingdom
emphasizes bodily integrity
economic independence for women
education for women and girls
freedom from violence
political participation
field feminist ethics
human development theory
philosophy of development
focusesOn human flourishing
inequalities affecting women
quality of life
women in developing countries
genre feminist theory
philosophy
political theory
hasPart case studies of women's lives
discussion of constitutional guarantees of capabilities
theoretical chapters on capabilities
influencedBy Amartya Sen's capabilities approach
language English
mainSubject capabilities approach
development ethics
feminist philosophy
gender justice
global development
human rights
international development
political philosophy
social justice
women's rights
notableFor influence on human development and capability studies
systematic application of capabilities approach to gender
proposes list of central human capabilities
publicationYear 2000
publisher Cambridge University Press
theoreticalFramework capabilities approach

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Frontiers of Justice relatedWork Women and Human Development
Creating Capabilities relatedWork Women and Human Development
Sex and Social Justice relatedWork Women and Human Development