The capability approach and well-being measurement for public policy

This chapter presents Sen’s capability approach as a framework for well-being measurement with powerful and ongoing relevance to current work on measuring well-being in order to guide public policy. It discusses how preferences and values inform the relative weights across capabilities, then draws r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alkire, S
Other Authors: Adler, MD
Format: Book section
Published: Oxford University Press 2016