Capabilities Approach The authors assess the potentials and pitfalls of the Capabilities Approach to issues of education and welfare. Renowned philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, economists and educational scientists explore the conceptual and practical implications of this approach for...

Study design and methods / Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb -- Quality of the early caregiving environment and preschool well-being : an examination of children entering the child welfare system during infancy / Brenda Jones Harden ... [et al.] -- Risk and resilience among...

Capacidad de subsistencia económica de los hogares / Julieta Vera, participación de Agustín Silva -- Hábitat urbano, vivienda digna, acceso a servicios públicos y conidciones amibentales saludables / Juna Ignacio Bonfiglio -- Derechos labores y seguridad social / Eduardo Donza -- Condición...

Over the last few decades, inequality has been decreasing sharply between countries. However, a person’s country of birth still determines more than half the differences in his or her income. This publication puts the spotlight on the catalyst behind inequality. It argues that the...

While the world has seen a decline in absolute poverty, it has also seen a simultaneous rise in economic inequality. This is the case in all of the major economies as well as in emerging ones, including South Africa. Is there a South African explanation of poverty and inequality that is...

Preface / Michael Nassen Smith. Part 1. The political and social context: why confront inequality? South Africans should not be polite about inequality / Ben Turok - The inequality danger: the imperative to normalize freedom / Kgalema Motlanthe - Confronting inequality: thoughts of public...