Women and human development : the capabilities approach

COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 7
COPYRIGHT......Page 8
DEDICATION......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 13
PREFACE......Page 15
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 17
I. DEVELOPMENT AND SEX EQUALITY......Page 25
II. THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH: AN OVERVIEW......Page 28
III. THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH: SEN AND NUSSBAUM......Page 35
IV. TWO WOMEN TRYING TO FLOURISH......Page 39
V. INDIA: SEX EQUALITY IN THEORY, NOT IN REALITY......Page 48
VI. SAMENESS AND DIFFERENCE......Page 55
I. CHALLENGES TO CROSS-CULTURAL NORMS......Page 58
II. THREE ARGUMENTS: CULTURE, DIVERSITY, PATERNALISM......Page 65
III. DEFECTS OF STANDARD ECONOMIC APPROACHES......Page 83
IV. CENTRAL HUMAN CAPABILITIES......Page 94
CENTRAL HUMAN FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES......Page 102
V. FUNCTIONING AND CAPABILITY......Page 110
VI. CAPABILITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 120
VII. JUSTIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS......Page 125
VIII. CAPABILITIES IN WOMEN’S LIVES: A ROLE FOR PUBLIC ACTION......Page 130
2 ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES AND WOMEN’S OPTIONS......Page 135
I. PREFERENCE AND THE GOOD: TWO UNSATISFACTORY EXTREMES......Page 136
II. PROBLEMS WITH THE CONCEPT OF PREFERENCE......Page 143
III. WELFARISM: THE INTERNAL CRITIQUE......Page 146
IV. ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES AND THE REJECTION OF WELFARISM......Page 159
V. DESIRE AND JUSTIFICATION......Page 172
VI. POLITICAL STABILITY AND THE DEPTH OF HABIT......Page 185
3 THE ROLE OF RELIGION......Page 191
I. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND SEX EQUALITY: A DILEMMA......Page 192
II. SECULAR HUMANISTS AND TRADITIONALISTS......Page 198
III. TWO ORIENTING PRINCIPLES......Page 211
IV. CENTRAL CAPABILITIES AS COMPELLING STATE INTERESTS......Page 222
V. NONRELIGION, ESTABLISHMENT, BALANCING......Page 230
VI. APPLYING THE APPROACH: THE THREE CASES......Page 236
VII. CHILDREN AND PARENTS......Page 254
VIII. CAPABILITIES AND LOSS......Page 259
4 LOVE, CARE, AND DIGNITY......Page 265
I. A HOME FOR LOVE AND VIOLENCE......Page 266
II. CAPABILITIES: EACH FAMILY MEMBER AS END......Page 269
III. THE FAMILY: NOT ‘‘BY NATURE’’......Page 276
IV. THE FAMILY AS CREATION OF STATE ACTION......Page 285
V. WOMEN’S CARE GIVING: ‘‘AN EMINENTLY ARTIFICIAL THING’’......Page 288
VI. POLITICAL LIBERALISM AND THE FAMILY: RAWLS’S DILEMMA......Page 294
VII. BARGAINING APPROACHES AND WOMEN’S OPTIONS......Page 307
VIII. TWO DEBATES IN INTERNATIONAL FEMINISM......Page 314
CONCLUSION......Page 322
NAME INDEX......Page 329
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 331