Capability Approach and the Sustainable Development Goals - Inter, Multi, and Trans Disciplinary Perspectives

This book demonstrates how the capability approach to human development can contribute to the realisation of the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The capability approach dictates that success should not be measured by economic indicators but by people leading meaningful, free, fulfilled, happy, or satisfied lives. Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives, this book argues that it is vital that the focus for the SDGs should shift to benefiting the most vulnerable. Case studies from across Asia, Africa, Latin America (Global South), and the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia (Global North) consider how the capability approach can contribute as a practical framework to achieving the SDGs' ambitions for social, economic, political, and legal progress.Drawing on insights from a range of disciplines, this book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from the fields of law, politics, international relations, criminology, international development, sociology, public policy, area studies, and others.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Vincent Ikejiaku
• Assisted by: Brian Vincent Ikejiaku (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032598574
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259857-4
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: The Routledge Human Development and Capability Debates
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Development Studies, Relating to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)