Capabilities, well-being and human development: A survey

Mozaffar Qizilbash (mozaffar.qizilbash@york.ac.uk)

Journal of Development Studies, 1996, vol. 33, issue 2, 143-162

Abstract: Economists have moved away from thinking of development in terms of growth of per capita GNP. The most influential alternative conception of development - due to Amartya Sen - involves judging the quality of life in terms of capabilities and viewing development as a 'capability expansion'. This article argues that Sen's approach is an inadequate account of development. It is further argued that other versions of the approach - involving the work of Nussbaum and Frankfurt - also fail. The most promising foundation for an account of human development derives from James Griffin's recent writings on well-being.

Date: 1996
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