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3 - Capabilities and the Common Good

from Part I - The Need for New Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2018

By
Jonathan Warner
Edited by
Flavio Comim ,
Shailaja Fennell  and
P. B. Anand
Flavio Comim
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Shailaja Fennell
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
P. B. Anand
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
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New Frontiers of the Capability Approach , pp. 53 - 81
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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