Ethics of Global Development - Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy

Informationen zum Autor David A. Crocker is Senior Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is an officer of the Human Development and Capability Association, and was founder and a former president of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA). Klappentext An analysis and evaluation of Amartya Sen's 'capability approach' to development ethics. Zusammenfassung Poverty! inequality! violence! environmental degradation! and tyranny continue to afflict the world. In Ethics of Global Development! David A. Crocker offers a moral reflection on the ends and means of local! national! and global efforts to overcome these five scourges. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Development Ethics: 2. Agreements, controversies and challenges; 3. Ethics and development theory-practice; Part II. The Capability Approach: Ethical Foundations: 4. Critique of alternatives; 5. Agency, functioning and capability; 6. Evaluating capabilities an functionings; Part III. Strengthening and Applying the Capability Approach: 7. Agency, responsibility and consumption; 8. Hunger, capability and agency-oriented development; Part IV. Deliberative Democracy, Participation and Globalization: 9. The capability approach and deliberative democracy; 10. Deliberative participation and local development; 11. Development ethics, democracy and globalization; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Product details

• Authors: David A. Crocker, David A. (University of Maryland Crocker, Crocker David A., Crocker David a.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521885195
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88519-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Ethical issues & debates, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Ethical issues and debates