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7 - “Reason to Value”

Process, Opportunity, and Perfectionism in the Capability Approach

from Part II - Agency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2019

By
Serene J. Khader  and
Stacy J. Kosko
Edited by
Lori Keleher  and
Stacy J. Kosko
Lori Keleher
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University
Stacy J. Kosko
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
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Agency and Democracy in Development Ethics , pp. 178 - 204
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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