Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

2000 - 2025

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Volume 20, issue 4, 2019

Introduction—Data, Knowledge, Politics and Localizing the SDGs pp. 375-385

Angelina Fisher and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

SDG Localisation and Decentralised Development Aid: Exploring Opposing Discourses and Practices in Valencia's Aid Sector pp. 386-402

Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alejandra Boni and Carola Calabuig

Country Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—The Politics of Performance Review at the Global-National Nexus pp. 403-417

Magdalena Bexell and Kristina Jönsson

Moving From Outsider to Insider Status Through Metrics: The Inclusion of “Neglected Tropical Diseases” Into the Sustainable Development Goals pp. 418-435

Samantha Vanderslott

The View from the Farm: Gendered Contradictions of the Measurement Imperative in Global Goals pp. 436-450

Astrid Pérez Piñán and Elizabeth Vibert

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Indigenous Peoples: Another Missed Opportunity? pp. 451-467

Mandy Li-Ming Yap and Krushil Watene

Operationalizing Sustainable Development Goals in Vulnerable Coastal Areas of Ecuador and Pakistan: Marginalizing Human Development? pp. 468-485

Johannes M. Waldmüller, Hameed Jamali and Nelson Nogales

John Rawls: Reticent Socialist pp. 486-488

S. B. Schoonover

How China Escaped the Poverty Trap pp. 488-490

M Asadullah and Antonio Savoia

Health and Well-Being in India: A Quantitative Analysis of Inequality in Outcomes and Opportunities pp. 490-491

Simantini Mukhopadhyay

Volume 20, issue 3, 2019

What, if Anything, is Wrong with Extreme Wealth? pp. 251-266

Ingrid Robeyns

The Functioning of Having a Sense of Place: Cities and Immigrants pp. 267-279

Avner de Shalit

Social Insurance, Human Development and Social Cohesion pp. 280-296

Santiago Levy

Education and Agency Freedom in Du Bois and Sen pp. 297-310

Niall Ó Murchú

Factors Affecting School Dropout and Completion in Mexico: Does Agency Matter? pp. 311-328

Dulce Carolina Mendoza Cazarez

Work-Nonwork Spillover of Wage Justice through Work Capabilities in Low and Middle Income Workers pp. 329-344

Sarah Ellorenco, Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Donald Jay Bertulfo, Jose Antonio Clemente and Ma. Ligaya Menguito

Keeping the Flock Together pp. 347-350

Erik Schokkaert

On Ingrid Robeyns’, Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice—Framework vs Theories: a Dialogue with Martha Nussbaum pp. 351-356

Pepi Patrón

Well-being and the Capability Approach: Reflections on Robeyns pp. 357-361

Henry S. Richardson

Two Tales of the Capability Approach pp. 362-367

Julian Culp

Reply to my Critics pp. 368-374

Ingrid Robeyns

Volume 20, issue 2, 2019

Introduction to the Special Issue in Celebration of Amartya Sen's 85th Birthday pp. 119-123

Kaushik Basu, Ravi Kanbur and Ingrid Robeyns

Preface: Amartya Sen and the HDCA pp. 124-126

Martha C. Nussbaum

Forms of Hypothetical Justification pp. 127-133

T. M. Scanlon

The Resurgence of Singular Identities: Possible Explanations pp. 134-144

Mary Kaldor

On “Affluent Philosophy” and Future Generations: Amartya Sen and Tim Mulgan’s “Broken World” pp. 145-161

Mozaffar Qizilbash

Rationality, Behavioural Economics and Amartya Sen pp. 162-180

S. R. Osmani

The Uses and Abuses of Inequality pp. 181-196

Jayati Ghosh

Randomized Control Trials and Qualitative Evaluations of a Multifaceted Programme for Women in Extreme Poverty: Empirical Findings and Methodological Reflections pp. 197-217

Naila Kabeer

Defending the Need for a Foundational Epistemic Capability in Education pp. 218-232

Melanie Walker

Human Development and Universalism: From Ideas to Policies pp. 233-250

Selim Jahan

Volume 20, issue 1, 2019

Conceptualisation and Measurement of Women's Empowerment Revisited pp. 1-25

S. Sharaunga, M. Mudhara and A. Bogale

Development of a Tool to Measure Women’s Agency in India pp. 26-53

Robin Richardson, Norbert Schmitz, Sam Harper and Arijit Nandi

Reasoned Choice or Performative Care? Women’s Transformative Peacebuilding Identities in Manipur, India pp. 54-68

Karie Cross Riddle

Well-being, Political Decentralisation and Governance Quality in Europe pp. 69-93

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Vassilis Tselios

Inequality, Social Comparisons and Income Aspirations: Evidence from a Highly Unequal Country pp. 94-111

Dorrit Posel and Michael Rogan

Collective Choice and Social Welfare—Expanded Edition pp. 112-113

Ashley Piggins

The Creation of the Human Development Approach pp. 113-115

Madleina Daehnhardt

Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth. The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development pp. 115-117

Johannes M. Waldmüller

Youth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to Development: Rethinking Opportunities and Agency from a Human Development Perspective pp. 117-118

Faith Mkwananzi

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