Rising inequality and widespread poverty, social unrest and polarization, gender and ethnic disparities, declining social mobility, economic fragility, unbalanced growth due to technology and globalization, and existential danger from climate change are urgent global concerns of our day. These...

Introduction -- Part 1 The basic analytical framework -- Conceptions of individual well being -- Valuation of functioning bundles and interpersonal comparisons of well being -- Freedom and individual well being -- Freedom A re examination of the concept -- Part 2 Some applications -- Measurement...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Global Poverty Debate: Locating the Superrich of the Developing World -- Chapter 3: Towards a Deparochial Framework of Global Justice -- Chapter 4: Mapping Private Affluence in the Developing World: The Case of India's Superrich -- Chapter 5:...

The dissertation “Labour Market Flexibility between Risk and Opportunity for Gender Equality – Analyses of Self-employment, Part-time Work, and Job Autonomy” addresses the main research question: Is flexibility the key to a less gendered labour market, or does it rather foster more...