Children and the Capability Approach

Chapter 1 Introduction — Theoretical Foundations and the Book’s Roadmap

Chapter 2 Children’s Agency and the Capability Approach: A Conceptual Framework

Chapter 3 Child Poverty as Capability Deprivation: How to Choose Domains of Child Well-being and Poverty

Chapter 4 From Valuing to Evaluating: Tools and Procedures to Operationalize the Capability Approach

Chapter 5 Street Children in Kampala and NGOs’ Actions: Understanding Capabilities Deprivation and Expansion

Chapter 6 Sen’s Capability Approach: Children and Well-being Explored through the Use of Photography

Chapter 7 Child Agency and Identity: The Case of Peruvian Children in a Transitional Situation

Chapter 8 Micro-finance, Street Children and the Capability Approach: Is Micro-finance an Appropriate Tool to Address the Street Children Issue

Chapter 9 ‘Good for Children’? Local Understandings versus Universal Prescriptions: Evidence from Three Ethiopian Communities

Chapter 10 Children’s Capabilities and Family Characteristics in Italy: Measuring Imagination and Play

Chapter 11 Rethinking Children’s Disabilities through the Capability Lens: A Framework for Analysis and Policy Implications

Chapter 12 Rethinking Access to Education through the Capability Approach: The Case of Street Children

Chapter 13 Re-examining Children’s Economic and Non-Economic Activities Using the Capability Approach

Chapter 14 Children’s Capabilities: Toward a Framework for Evaluating the Built Environment

Chapter 15 Developing Children’s Capabilities: The Role of Emotions and Parenting Style

Chapter 16 Final Remarks and Conclusions: The Promotion of Children’s Active Participation