Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

2000 - 2024

Current editor(s): Kathryn Rosenblum

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Volume 19, issue 4, 2018

Capability to be Educated—Inspiring and Inclusive Pedagogical Arrangements from Finnish Schools pp. 421-437

Mari-Anne Okkolin, Teija Koskela, Petra Engelbrecht and Hannu Savolainen

The Tragedy of the Commons and Population Health: The State’s Intervention in an Individual’s Actions and Choices from a Capability Perspective pp. 438-455

Efrat Ram-Tiktin

Measuring Well-being: A Multidimensional Index Integrating Subjective Well-being and Preferences pp. 456-476

Lin Yang

How Does Child Disadvantage Change with Age? An Analysis of Australian Children pp. 477-498

Ankita Mishra, Ranjan Ray and Leonora Risse

Multidimensional paths to regional poverty: a Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of Colombian departments pp. 499-520

Paula Andrea Nieto Alemán, Norat Roig-Tierno, Francisco Mas-Verdú and Jose-Maria Garcia Alvarez-Coque

Private Wealth Across European Countries: The Role of Income, Inheritance and the Welfare State pp. 521-549

Pirmin Fessler and Martin Schürz

Social Gradient in Capabilities pp. 553-558

Sridhar Venkatapuram

Intransigent Disadvantage: What Inequality Contributes to Development Gaps pp. 559-563

Shailaja Fennell

Health Gap, Wealth Gap—What is the Question? pp. 564-568

Dinesh Bhugra

Power, Social Exclusion and the “Good Life”: the Importance of Measuring What Really Counts pp. 569-574

Giulia Greco

Social Determinants, Capabilities and Health Inequalities: A Response to Bhugra, Greco, Fennell and Venkatapuram pp. 575-577

Michael Marmot

Volume 19, issue 3, 2018

Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Women’s Capabilities Index pp. 271-288

Giulia Greco, Jolene Skordis and Anne Mills

Migrating to the City in North West China: Young Rural Women’s Empowerment pp. 289-307

Vilma Seeberg and Shujuan Luo

Women Empowerment Through Self-Help Groups: The Bittersweet Fruits of Collective Apple Cultivation in Highland Ethiopia pp. 308-330

Sintayehu Hailu Alemu, Luuk Van Kempen and Ruerd Ruben

Power, Capability and Cultural Subjects: An Inquiry into “Institutional Neglect” in Participatory Planning pp. 331-344

Tamara Nair

Examining Collective Action Through the Capability Approach: The Example of Community Currencies pp. 345-364

Felix Rauschmayer, Christine Polzin, Mirijam Mock and Ines Omann

Applying the Capability Approach to Enhance the Conceptualization of Well-being in Environmental Assessment pp. 365-397

Nicholas Philip Simpson

A MANUSH or HUMANS Characterisation of the Human Development Index pp. 398-415

Srijit Mishra and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Human Development in Times of Crisis: Renegotiating Social Justice pp. 416-417

Annie Austin

Developing Minds: Psychology, Neoliberalism and Power pp. 417-419

Lachlan Summers

Human Development and Global Institutions: Evolution, Impact, Reform pp. 419-420

Juan Telleria

Volume 19, issue 2, 2018

Communities and Capabilities pp. 121-125

Graciela Tonon

Local Communities and Capability Evolution: The Core of Human Development Processes pp. 126-146

Mario Biggeri, Andrea Ferrannini and Caterina Arciprete

The Gendered Space of Capabilities and Functionings: Lessons from Haitian Community-Based Organizations pp. 147-165

Jennifer Vansteenkiste and Mark Schuller

The Capability Approach and Evaluation of Community-Driven Development Programs pp. 166-180

Trang Pham

Leveraging Communities’ Capabilities to Increase Accountability for Health Rights: The Case of Citizen Voice and Action pp. 181-197

David Walker

Intercultural Dialogue in Practice: BlueFire’s Community Integration Activities Viewed Through a Participatory Action Research Capability Lens pp. 198-215

Veronica Crosbie

When Collectivity Makes a Difference: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from Urban and Rural Communities in Colombia pp. 216-231

Alejandra Boni, Gynna F. Millán Franco and María Alejandra Millán Franco

Expanding Capabilities in Integrated Service Areas (ISAs) As Communities of Care: A Study of Dutch Older Adults’ Narratives on the Life They Have Reason to Value pp. 232-248

Erik Jansen, Roos Pijpers and George de Kam

Community Service Learning: Pedagogy at the Interface of Poverty, Inequality and Privilege pp. 249-265

Ntimi Mtawa and Merridy Wilson-Strydom

Global Justice and Development pp. 266-267

Lisa Fuller

The Asian “Poverty Miracle”: Impressive Accomplishments or Incomplete Achievements? pp. 268-269

Joshua Greenstein

Universities and Global Human Development: Theoretical and Empirical Insights for Social Change pp. 269-270

Aurora Lopez-Fogues

Volume 19, issue 1, 2018

Message from the Editor pp. 1-1

Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti

Working with and for Animals: Getting the Theoretical Framework Right pp. 2-18

Martha C. Nussbaum

Working With and For Animals—A Response to Nussbaum pp. 19-23

Breena Holland

Turning Capabilities into Functionings: Practical Reason as an Activation Factor pp. 24-37

Annie Austin

Inequality, Advantage and the Capability Approach pp. 38-52

Tania Burchardt and Rod Hick

Political Agency and Capabilities Formation Through Participatory Action Research pp. 53-69

Melanie Walker

Moving Towards a Capability for Meaningful Labor pp. 70-88

Timothy Weidel

The Demanding Task of Limiting Demandingness pp. 91-96

Lori Keleher

Why People Do What Others Do: And Why That Is Sometimes Good and Sometimes Bad pp. 97-102

Rebecca Gutwald

The Canniness of Ought pp. 103-111

David A. Clark and Gay Meeks

The Civil Side of Economy: On the Extraordinariness of Ordinary Human Beings pp. 112-117

Dalila De Rosa

Reply pp. 118-120

Judith Lichtenberg

Volume 18, issue 4, 2017

Citizenship, Migration and Opportunity pp. 429-441

Ravi Kanbur

Income Dynamics, Assets and Poverty Traps in South Africa pp. 442-463

Marisa von Fintel

On the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Urban Bolivia pp. 464-496

Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza and Fernando Rios-Avila

A Capabilities Approach to the Adjudication of the Right to a Basic Education in South Africa pp. 497-516

Shanelle van der Berg

Should Aspirations be a Matter of Policy Concern? pp. 517-530

Svenja Flechtner

Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? pp. 531-532

Anirudh Krishna

Transforming Teacher Quality in the Global South: Using Capabilities and Causality to Re-examine Teacher Performance pp. 532-534

Merridy Wilson-Strydom

Volume 18, issue 3, 2017

Human Capabilities and Animal Lives: Conflict, Wonder, Law: A Symposium pp. 317-321

Martha C. Nussbaum

Cultural Killing and Human–Animal Capability Conflict pp. 322-336

Amy Linch and Breena Holland

The Reasonableness of Wonder pp. 337-355

Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer

Scientific Whaling? The Scientific Research Exception and the Future of the International Whaling Commission pp. 356-369

Rachel Nussbaum Wichert and Martha C. Nussbaum

Capabilities, Human Flourishing and the Health Gap pp. 370-383

Michael Marmot

Disrupting Structural Inequalities of Higher Education Opportunity: “Grit”, Resilience and Capabilities at a South African University pp. 384-398

Merridy Wilson-Strydom

Access to Household Resources and Human Development: Evidence from Survey Data for Tanzania pp. 399-423

Amarakoon Bandara, Rajeev Dehejia and Shaheen Lavie-Rouse

Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice pp. 424-425

Steven Schoonover

A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty pp. 425-427

Caterina Arciprete and Mario Biggeri

The Regional Roots of Russia’s Political Regime pp. 427-428

Ghasem Torabi

Volume 18, issue 2, 2017

Social Innovation and the Capability Approach—Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 141-147

Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Christopher Houghton Budd and Rafael Ziegler

Tackling Marginalisation through Social Innovation? Examining the EU Social Innovation Policy Agenda from a Capabilities Perspective pp. 148-162

Nadia von Jacobi, Daniel Edmiston and Rafael Ziegler

Social Innovation and Human Development—How the Capabilities Approach and Social Innovation Theory Mutually Support Each Other pp. 163-180

Jürgen Howaldt and Michael Schwarz

Exploring the Role of the Capability Approach in Social Innovation pp. 181-196

Meera Tiwari

How to Build Collective Capabilities: The 3C-Model for Grassroots-Led Development pp. 197-222

Solava Ibrahim

Understanding Indigenous Innovation in Rural West Africa: Challenges to Diffusion of Innovations Theory and Current Social Innovation Practice pp. 223-238

Joel R. Matthews

Promoting Social Innovation Through Action Research: Evidence from an Empirical Study in the Fisheries Sector of Ukerewe District in Tanzania pp. 239-257

Almas Fortunatus Mazigo

Grassroots Social Innovation for Human Development: An Analysis of Alternative Food Networks in the City of Valencia (Spain) pp. 258-274

Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, Sergio Belda-Miquel, Aurora López-Fogués and Alejandra Boni Aristizábal

Information Technology, Innovation and Human Development: Hospital Information Systems in an Indian State pp. 275-292

Sundeep Sahay and Geoff Walsham

Creating (Economic) Space for Social Innovation pp. 293-298

Rafael Ziegler, György Molnár, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Nadia von Jacobi

Enabling Ecosystems for Social Enterprises and Social Innovation: A Capability Approach Perspective pp. 299-306

Mario Biggeri, Enrico Testi and Marco Bellucci

Social Innovation in Latin America pp. 307-312

Dmitri Domanski, Jürgen Howaldt and Antonius Schröder

Food Security in South Africa: Human Rights and Entitlement Perspectives pp. 313-314

Inga T. Winkler

The Good Life: Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing pp. 314-316

Séverine Deneulin

Volume 18, issue 1, 2017

Corrigendum pp. i-i

The Editors

Democracy, Philosophy, and the Selection of Capabilities pp. 1-16

Morten Fibieger Byskov

Quantifying the Progress of Economic and Social Justice: Charting Changes in Equality of Opportunity in the USA, 1960–2000 pp. 17-45

Gordon Anderson and Teng Wah Leo

Capabilitarian Sufficiency: Capabilities and Social Justice pp. 46-59

Lasse Nielsen and David V. Axelsen

Introducing Joint Capabilities: Findings from a Study of Development in Honduras’ Garifuna Ancestral Villages pp. 60-74

Kia M.Q. Hall

The Coercive Side of Collective Capabilities: Evidence from the Bolivian pp. 75-88

Rachel Godfrey-Wood and Graciela Mamani-Vargas

The Capability Threshold: Re-examining the Definition of the Middle Class in an Unequal Developing Country pp. 89-106

Ronelle Burger, Camren McAravey and Servaas van der Berg

Validating an Agency-based Tool for Measuring Women’s Empowerment in a Complex Public Health Trial in Rural Nepal pp. 107-135

Lu Gram, Joanna Morrison, Neha Sharma, Bhim Shrestha, Dharma Manandhar, Anthony Costello, Naomi Saville and Jolene Skordis

New Approaches Towards the ‘Good Life’: Applications and Transformations of the Capability Approach pp. 136-137

Karie Cross

After Access: Inclusion, Development, and a More Mobile Internet pp. 137-139

Marco Haenssgen

Human Development and Capacity Building: Asia Pacific Trends, Challenges and Prospects for the Future pp. 139-140

Kattie Lussier