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Capabilities, Well-being and Universalism

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The Routledge Handbook of Well-Being, Issue: 1

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An account of how issues of well-being are addressed from the perspective of the capabilities approach, with particular reference to the work of Martha Nussbaum, and questions of universality. It sets what is distinctive in the capabilities approach, as established by Sen and developed by Nussbaum,...

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Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Well-Being
ISBN: 9781138850101
Published: New York and London Routledge 2018
Online Access: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Well-Being/Galvin/p/book/9781138850101
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