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Education: Fundamental human right or strategic tool in support of economic growth? How does commodity-dependence influence education policy and practice? What is the role of vocational training vis-à-vis university education in developing countries? Are MOOCs and Chinese cooperation a game changer for higher education in Africa? And how does student migration sit vis-à-vis the globalisation of knowledge? These and other questions lie at the heart of Education, Learning, Training: Critical Issues for Development , a collection of essays edited by Gilles Carbonnier, Michel Carton and Kenneth King, which explore 50 years of international discourse surrounding education and development. Drawing on examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, the articles examine issues hitherto largely neglected, but of increasing relevance to researchers and policymakers.

Educational sciences --- Developing countries --- Teachers --- Training of. --- Teacher education --- Teacher training --- Teachers, Training of --- international development --- Africa --- Capability approach --- China --- Higher education --- Lifelong learning --- Massive open online course

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Was genau verlangt soziale Gerechtigkeit? Diese Frage hat immer schon zu großen Meinungsdifferenzen geführt, sowohl in der politischen Rhetorik als auch in der politischen Philosophie. Neben John Rawls’ bahnbrechender Theorie der Gerechtigkeit gilt der Capability Approach (CA) von Amartya Sen, Nobelpreisträger und Harvard-Professor für Ökonomie und Philosophie, als einer der einflussreichsten Beiträge moderner Gerechtigkeitstheorien. Trotz weitgehend positiver Resonanz der Scientific Community wird nach herrschender Meinung nur von einem »Ansatz« gesprochen. Das Buch widmet sich der Aufgabe, Amartya Sens CA begrifflich zu klären, zu systematisieren und inhaltlich weiterzuentwickeln, so dass er Schritt für Schritt an eine »vollwertige« Gerechtigkeitskonzeption herangeführt werden kann. Es ist einerseits als Standardwerk zu Sens politischer Philosophie zu lesen, andererseits vertieft der Autor den Ansatz hinsichtlich sozialer Gerechtigkeits- und globaler Entwicklungsfragen. Die hier vorgestellte Interpretation des CAs im Sinne der gerechtigkeitsnotwendigen Gewährleistung gleicher autonomer Freiheit liefert einen konstruktiven Brückenschlag zwischen der Philosophie Kants, Aristoteles’ Tugendethik und der zeitgenössischen ökonomischen Theorie.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sen, Amartya --- Sen, Amartya, --- Social justice (Philosophy) --- Justice (Philosophy) --- Soziale Gerechtigkeit. --- Politische Philosophie. --- Capability Approach. --- Capability-Ansatz. --- Entwicklungshilfe. --- Theorie. --- Social justice --- Philosophy.

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In this major book Martha Nussbaum, one of the most innovative and influential philosophical voices of our time, proposes a kind of feminism that is genuinely international, argues for an ethical underpinning to all thought about development planning and public policy, and dramatically moves beyond the abstractions of economists and philosophers to embed thought about justice in the concrete reality of the struggles of poor women. Nussbaum argues that international political and economic thought must be sensitive to gender difference as a problem of justice, and that feminist thought must begin to focus on the problems of women in the third world. Taking as her point of departure the predicament of poor women in India, she shows how philosophy should undergird basic constitutional principles that should be respected and implemented by all governments, and used as a comparative measure of quality of life across nations.

Women in development --- Women --- -Women in development --- Femmes dans le développement --- 396 --- 849 Gender --- Development and women --- GAD (Gender and development) --- Gender and development --- WAD (Women and development) --- WID (Women in development) --- Women and development --- 396 Feminisme. Vrouwenbeweging. Vrouw en maatschappij --- Feminisme. Vrouwenbeweging. Vrouw en maatschappij --- Sociology of the developing countries --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- India --- Developing countries --- Philosophical anthropology --- Women in development. --- Sociale agogiek --- handboeken en inleidingen. --- Femmes --- 396 Feminism. Women's movement. Woman and society --- Feminism. Women's movement. Woman and society --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy --- Women - Developing countries. --- Women - Developing countries --- Capabilities approach (Social sciences) --- Capability approach (Social sciences) --- Social sciences --- Feminism --- Equal opportunities --- Gender --- Family --- International --- Human rights --- Development policy --- Political sciences --- Poverty --- Religion --- Book --- Economic theory

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The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality—a critically important examination of poverty around the worldIn this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world’s great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty—in rich and poor countries alike—is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Better measurement of poverty is essential for raising awareness, motivating action, designing good policy, gauging progress, and holding political leaders accountable for meeting targets. To help make this possible, Atkinson provides a critically important examination of how poverty is—and should be—measured.Bringing together evidence about the nature and extent of poverty across the world and including case studies of sixty countries, Atkinson addresses both financial poverty and other indicators of deprivation. He starts from first principles about the meaning of poverty, translates these into concrete measures, and analyzes the data to which the measures can be applied. Crucially, he integrates international organizations’ measurements of poverty with countries’ own national analyses.Atkinson died before he was able to complete the book, but at his request it was edited for publication by two of his colleagues, John Micklewright and Andrea Brandolini. In addition, François Bourguignon and Nicholas Stern provide afterwords that address key issues from the unfinished chapters: how poverty relates to growth, inequality, and climate change.The result is an essential contribution to efforts to alleviate poverty around the world.

Social stratification --- Social problems --- Social policy --- 339.21 --- Ongelijkheid en herverdeling van vermogens en inkomens. Inkomensbeleid --- Poverty. --- Poverty --- Equality. --- Case studies. --- Research.655 --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Amartya Sen. --- Angus Deaton. --- Asian Development Bank. --- Atlas method. --- Calculation. --- Cambodia. --- Capability approach. --- Case study. --- Central Statistical Office (Poland). --- Child poverty. --- Climate change mitigation. --- Climate change. --- Commodity. --- Consumer. --- Consumption (economics). --- Demographic and Health Surveys. --- Developed country. --- Developing country. --- Development aid. --- Disposable and discretionary income. --- Economic growth. --- Economic inequality. --- Economy. --- Employment. --- Estimation. --- Eurostat. --- Extreme poverty. --- Family income. --- Famine. --- Finding. --- Head of Household. --- Household income. --- Household. --- Human Development Index. --- Human Development Report. --- Imputed rent. --- Income distribution. --- Income. --- Kenya. --- Latin America. --- Malaysia. --- Martin Ravallion. --- Measurement. --- Measures of national income and output. --- Median income. --- Millennium Development Goals. --- Month. --- Multidimensional Poverty Index. --- National Report. --- National Statistical Office (South Korea). --- National accounts. --- No Poverty. --- Oxford University Press. --- Percentage point. --- Percentage. --- Poverty in China. --- Poverty in India. --- Poverty in Poland. --- Poverty in the United States. --- Poverty reduction. --- Poverty threshold. --- Prevalence. --- Price index. --- Public economics. --- Purchasing power. --- Requirement. --- Rural area. --- Rural poverty. --- Sabina Alkire. --- Sampling (statistics). --- Saving. --- Social exclusion. --- Social protection. --- South Asia. --- Standard of living. --- Statistic. --- Statistics South Africa. --- Survey methodology. --- Sustainable Development Goals. --- Tanzania. --- Tax. --- Thomas Piketty. --- Time series. --- Trade-off. --- Uganda Bureau of Statistics. --- Uganda. --- Unemployment. --- United Nations Development Programme. --- United States Census Bureau. --- Urbanization. --- Wealth. --- Workforce. --- World Bank Group. --- World Bank. --- World Development Indicators. --- World Development Report. --- World population. --- Year. --- Zambia.