The capability approach, empowerment and participation: concepts, methods and applications

1. The Human Development and Capability Approach – The Role of Empowerment and Participation -- 2. The Practice of Participation and the Capability Approach -- 3. Power and Deliberative Participation in Sen's Capability Approach -- 4. Balancing Pessimism of the Intellect and Optimism of the Will: Some Reflections on the Capability Approach, Gender, Empowerment and Education -- 5. Notions of Empowerment and Participation: Contributions from and to the Capability Approach -- 6. Process and Outcomes: participation and empowerment in a multidimensional poverty framework -- 7. Participatory Development: A Sustainable Approach for Reducing Inequality and Fighting Poverty? The Example of Disability Policies in Afghanistan -- 8. Children and Youth Participation in Decision Making and Research Processes -- 9. The Integrated Capabilities Framework: Exploring Multiculturalism and Human Well-Being in Participatory Settings -- 10. Participatory Research Methods and the Capability Approach: Researching the Housing Dimensions of Squatter Upgrading Programmes in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil -- 11. Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in the South Pacific -- 12. Planning and Managing for Human Development: What Contribution Can the Capability Approach Make? -- 13. Emancipatory Research as Empowerment: An Illustration from a Research Study of Persons with Disabilities in Palestine -- 14. Capability Development and Decentralisation -- 15. Participation, Empowerment and Capabilities: Key Lessons and Future Challenges

Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Praise for The Capability Approach, Empowerment and Participation -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Human Development and the Capability Approach: The Role of Empowerment and Participation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Similarities, Limitations and Complementarities -- 1.2.1 Similarities -- 1.2.2 Limitations -- 1.2.3 Complementarities -- 1.3 Participation Within the Capability Approach Literature -- 1.3.1 Capability: Participation and Researching Well-Being -- 1.3.2 Capability: Participation and Adaptive Preferences -- 1.4 Content and Structure of the Book -- 1.4.1 Conceptual and Foundational Issues -- 1.4.2 Methods and Practice -- 1.4.3 Conclusions for Local and Global Development -- References -- Part II: Conceptual Foundations -- Chapter 2: The Practice of Participation and the Capability Approach -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What Is Participation Anyway?6 -- 2.3 Recent Trends Decrease Effective Participation -- 2.3.1 Securitization of Aid -- 2.3.2 Development Workers and Security -- 2.3.3 Big Business -- 2.4 Creating Effective Participation -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Power and Deliberative Participation in Sen's Capability Approach -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Power as Capability and Public Deliberation -- 3.3 Sen's Capability Approach and Public Reason -- 3.4 The Idea of Power in The Idea of Justice -- 3.5 Final Remark: 'Room for Both Ideas' -- References -- Chapter 4: Balancing Pessimism of the Intellect and Optimism of the Will: Some Reflections on the Capability Approach, Gender, Empowerment, and Education -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Education and Empowerment: A History of Co-optation? -- 4.3 Some Moments in the History of Empowerment -- 4.4 Empowerment, Capabilities, and Education.