This thesis argues for the view that Amartya Sen's capabilities approach is a preferable approach to the measurement of welfare by addressing three questions: Can the capability approach be operationalised? What is the relationship between capabilities and satisfaction with life? How do capabilities respond to changes over time? Chapter 1 provides a discussion of a widely used economic evaluation model of welfare focussing on some of its key problems and concludes with a discussion of Sen's alternative capabilities approach. Chapter 2 discusses the three key relationships that Sen uses in evaluating wellbeing and discusses the identification of capabilities based on the account developed by Martha Nussbaum.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:537000 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Hunter, William Mitchell Graham |
| Publisher | Open University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://oro.open.ac.uk/54225/ |
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