Capabilities Gender Equality

Questions of gender injustice and equality pervade all our lives and as such the capabilities or ''human development'' approach to understanding well-being and basic political entitlements continues to be debated. In this thought-provoking book a range of authors provide unique reflections on the capabilities approach and specifically Martha C. Nussbaum''s contributions to issues of gender equality and political liberalism. Moreover the authors tackle a broad range of development issues including those of religion ecological and environmental justice social justice child care disability and poverty. This is the first book to examine Nussbaum''s work in political philosophy in such depth bringing together a group of distinguished experts with diverse disciplinary perspectives. It also features a unique contribution from Nussbaum herself in which she offers reactions to the discussion and her latest thoughts on the capabilities approach. Capabilities Gender Equality will interest a wide range of readers and policymakers interested in new human development policies.