Important HDCA Conference information.
DRAFT Conference Programme - new! If there are essential changes please email us at hdcaconference2008@googlemail.com by Thursday 4 September.
There are two pre-conference events on Wednesday Sept 10th: a worker bee meeting and pre-conference training sessions. See the HDCA Conference blog for further details and regular conference updates
Please note that conference registration is still open at http://www.capabilityapproach.com/ConReg.php. If you are registering for the HDCA Conference in Delhi and do not have a userid, please go to the Join HDCA page and fill out the form with your userid and password before returning to the conference registration page. Registering as a user does not require a membership fee.
Updated 01/09/2008
Newsletters
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the tri-annual newsletter of the Human Development and Capability Association,
informs and facilitates interaction between HDCA members. Anyone committed to justice and
a better quality of life for all in both the South and the North, and anyone who desires
to explore a more equitable economic framework may find challenging and stimulating discussion
partners here. Agreement with the human development and capability approaches is not required -
only a willingness to engage!
Maitreyee is edited by Séverine Deneulin.
issues have three sections:
- invited columns on a theme;
- contributions from practitioners and policy makers;
- related to the Capability Approach around the world.
June 2008-- Social Exclusion/Inclusion
Table of Contents:
Defining Poverty in the Developing World: Social Exclusion- Frances Stewart, Ruhi Saith, and Barbara Harriss-White
Social Exclusion and its Implications for Development Policy- Naila Kabeer
Social Inclusion and Human Development- Susanne Milcher and Andrey Ivanov
European Union Indicators of Social Exclusion
Tackling Social Exclusion in Croatia
A full copy of this current issue is available to members only.
February 2008 -- Employment
Table of Contents:
Insights
The Role of Employment in Promoting Human Development - Siddiq Osmani
Employment and Empowerment - Jean Drèze
Employment: A proposal for internationally comparable indicators - María Ana Lugo
In the Practice
Employment and valuable capabilities in Mexico - Pedro Flores Crespo
The Living Wage Campaign in London: Working for Justice and Expanding Capabilities- Angus Ritchie
October 2007 -- Measuring Dimensions of Wellbeing
Table of Contents
Insights
The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data -- Sabina Alkire and OPHI team
Epistemology, Normative Theory and Poverty Analysis: Implications for Q-Squared in Practice -- Ravi Kanbur and Paul Shaffer
In the Practice
Methodology for empirical research on wellbeing: A proposal from the Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group -- Allister McGregor
June 2007 -- Research and Politics
Table of Contents:
Insights
Bringing politics back into poverty analysis - John Harriss
Human Development Dimensions and Data Constraints - Matthew Clarke and Mark McGillivray
For a Cultural Politics of Natural Resources - Amita Baviskar
In the Practice
Can Women's Commissions facilitate social change? A view of Mississippi's experience - Marianne T. Hill
Why the Moroccan government does not use reliable research when implementing fiscal policy reforms - Brahim Mansouri
Call for Thematic Groups
February 2007 -- multidimensional aspect of poverty/wellbeing
Table of Contents:
Insights
Multidimensional poverty: How to choose dimensions (Sabina Alkire)
Choosing dimensions in the case of children's wellbeing (Mario Biggeri)
A participatory approach to choosing dimensions (Alexandre Apsan Frediani)
In the Practice
The where, what and how of NGO work: An example from Oxfam America (John Hammock)
Multidimensionality of poverty: A perspective from the Dutch NGO SNV (Jyotsna Roy)
Announcements
October 2006 -- Power
Table of Contents:
Foreword to ‘Pathologies of Power’ by Amartya Sen, Harvard University
Review of Power: A Radical View by Stephen Lukes (Palgrave, 2005) by Cathy Shutt, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
On the Concept of Structural Violence by Fernando Ponce León, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
On Life Histories, Power Resources, and Structural Violence in Bangladesh by Peter Davis, University of Bath
Pathology of Power: Caste and Capabilities by S. Venkatesan, Oneworld International Foundation, New Delhi
Interview with Smitu Kothari: Part II
June 2006, Issue 5 -- The 2006 Global Human Development Report
Table of Contents:
Human Development Report 2006 Concept Note, by Human Development Report Office
The Human Security Framework and NHDRs by Richard Jolly and Deepayan Basu Ray, Institute of Development Studies, at University of Sussex
Decentralisation and the Human Development Approach by Timothy Scott, UNDP Human Development Report Office
Bitter “sweet crude”: Oil and Poverty in the Niger Delta1 by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Human Development Report Office
Customary Learning in Papua New Guinea by Jim Chalmers, UNDP Papua New Guinea
Growth with equity: does it really have to be a life of contradictions? By Arunabha Ghosh, Human Development Report Office
February 2006 -- Public Debate and Human Development
Table of Contents:
Public Debate and Social Justice by Iris Marion Young, Political Science, University of Chicago
The Capability Approach and Deliberative Democracy by David Crocker, Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy, University of Maryland
Human Development and Habermas’s Critical Theory by Pablo Mella, Instituto Filosófico P. Bonó, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Interview with Smitu Kothari
Public Debate and Dialogue in Uganda: Facing Perilous Times by Stephen Schwenke, Ethics and Public Management Programme, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
October 2005 -- Knowledge and Public Action
Table of Contents:
The Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education by Melanie Walker, University of Sheffield, UK
Education and Development: Renovated Interpretations by Pedro Flores-Crespo and Mathias Nebel (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico)
On Liberal Civic Education by Mitja Sardoc, Institute of Education, University of London, and Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
An experience of the ‘Democratized Education Management and Ownership’ project in Pakistan by Shirin Gul and and Sabrina Saeed Khan (LEAD Pakistan, Islamabad)
Going Beyond Access
June 2005--Contributions to the MDGs
Table of Contents:
Mobilisation, meanings and measures: Reflections on MDG3 and girls’ education by Elaine Unterhalter, Institute of Education, University of London
Millennium Development Goals for health: building human capabilities by Jennifer Prah Ruger, Assistant Professor, Yale University, USA
Ensure Environmental Sustainability: MDG7 and the Capability Approach by Fabian Scholtes, University of Tübigen, Germany
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and the MDGs3
The UNDP Support for the MDGs4
March 2005--The capability approach as an alternative economic framework
Table of Contents:
The Capability Approach as Alternative Economic Framework
Culture, Development, Economics and the Capability Approach by Ingrid Robeyns, University of Amsterdam
The Freedom that Enslaves by HDCA working group on popularising the capability approach
'Winning the War of Ideas' : Lessons from the Neo-Liberals by Angus Ritchie (Contextual Theology Centre, East London)
Voices of Power and Whimpers of Values: A Challenge to animating the Capability Approach by Manu V. Mathai (Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware)
