Children and the Capability Approach

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction — Theoretical Foundations and the Book’s Roadmap....Pages 3-21
Children’s Agency and the Capability Approach: A Conceptual Framework....Pages 22-45
Child Poverty as Capability Deprivation: How to Choose Domains of Child Well-being and Poverty....Pages 46-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
From Valuing to Evaluating: Tools and Procedures to Operationalize the Capability Approach....Pages 79-106
Street Children in Kampala and NGOs’ Actions: Understanding Capabilities Deprivation and Expansion....Pages 107-136
Sen’s Capability Approach: Children and Well-being Explored through the Use of Photography....Pages 137-161
Child Agency and Identity: The Case of Peruvian Children in a Transitional Situation....Pages 162-174
Micro-finance, Street Children and the Capability Approach: Is Micro-finance an Appropriate Tool to Address the Street Children Issue....Pages 175-199
‘Good for Children’? Local Understandings versus Universal Prescriptions: Evidence from Three Ethiopian Communities....Pages 200-221
Children’s Capabilities and Family Characteristics in Italy: Measuring Imagination and Play....Pages 222-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Rethinking Children’s Disabilities through the Capability Lens: A Framework for Analysis and Policy Implications....Pages 245-270
Rethinking Access to Education through the Capability Approach: The Case of Street Children....Pages 271-285
Re-examining Children’s Economic and Non-Economic Activities Using the Capability Approach....Pages 286-303
Children’s Capabilities: Toward a Framework for Evaluating the Built Environment....Pages 304-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Developing Children’s Capabilities: The Role of Emotions and Parenting Style....Pages 331-339
Final Remarks and Conclusions: The Promotion of Children’s Active Participation....Pages 340-345
Back Matter....Pages 346-353