Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities

The capability approach is a versatile framework rooted on issues of justice and multidimensional assessment of quality of life developed in the 1980s as an alternative approach to prevailing mainstream development ideas focused narrowly on economic development. Most closely associated with the work of Amartya Sen, it has become of great interest to development scholars from a variety of different disciplines. Much has already been done exploring the conceptual foundations of the capability approach and discussing Sen's contribution to the field, but few books have explored the links between social choice (another field with rich contributions by Sen) and human development issues. Featuring many of the world's leading experts on social choice theory and capability indicators, Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities combines these interrelated themes into one volume and fully explores the relevance of social choice to human development.

Flavio Comim is Associate Professor of Economics and Ethics at IQS School of Management at the Ramon Lllull University.

P. B. Anand is Professor of Public Policy and Sustainable Development and Head of the Department of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford.

Shailaja Fennell is Professor of Regional Transformation and Economic Security, Department of Land Economy, and Director, Centre of South Asian Studies, at the University of Cambridge.