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Exploring a wide variety of case studies and developmental issues from a capability perspective, this book is an original contribution to both development and children´s studies that raises a strong case for placing children´s issues at the core of human development.

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List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND THE CAPABILITY APPROACH Introduction: Theoretical Foundations and the Book´s Roadmap; F.Comim, J.Ballet, M.Biggeri & V.Iervese Children´s Agency and the Capability Approach: A Conceptual Framework; J.Ballet, M.Biggeri & F.Comim Child Poverty as Capability Deprivation: How to Choose Domains of Child Well-Being and Poverty; M.Biggeri & S.Mehrotra PART II: UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN´S CAPABILITIES: METHODS AND CASE STUDIES From Valuing to Evaluating: Tools and Procedures to Operationalize the Capability Approach; M.Biggeri & R.Libanora Street Children in Kampala and NGOs´ Action: Understanding Capabilities Deprivation and Expansion; R.Anich, M.Biggeri, R.Libanora & S.Mariani Sen´s Capability Approach: Children and Well-Being Explored through the use of Photography; A.Kellock & R.Lawthom Child Agency and Identity: The Case of Peruvian Children in a Transitional Situation; M.Horna Padrón & J.Ballet Microfinance, Street Children and the Capability Approach: Is Microfinance an Appropriate Tool to Address the Street Children Issue?; B.Serrokh ´Good for Children?´ Local Understandings versus Universal Prescriptions: Evidence from Three Ethiopian Communities; L.Camfield & Y.Tafere Children´s Capabilities and Family Characteristics in Italy: Measuring Imagination and Play; T.Addabbo & M.Di Tommaso PART III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS Re-Thinking Children´s Disabilities Through the Capability Lens: A Framework for Analysis and Policy Implications; J.Trani, P.Bakhshi & M.Biggeri Re-Thinking Access to Education Through the Capability Approach: The Case of Street Children; J.Ballet, A.Bhukuth & K.Radja Re-Examining Children´s Economic and Non-Economic Activities using the Capability Approach; M.Biggeri, A.Bhukuth & J.Ballet Children´s Capabilities: Toward a Framework for Evaluating the Built Environment; J.Uhm, F.Lewis, & T.Banerjee PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Developing Children´s Capabilities: The Role of Emotions and Parenting Style; F.Comim Final Remarks and Conclusions: The Promotion of Children´s Active Participation; M.Biggeri, F.Comim & J.Ballet

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´This landmark book opens up children´s capabilites as an entirely new field. Combining illuminating theoretical discussion and a wide range of interesting international case studies, the book establishes how we can do much more to recognise children in the conceptual vocabulary of the capability approach. It thus orients us towards better social research and practice with and for children.´

- Elaine Unterhalter, Professor of Education and International Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK

´...a much-needed book...Children and the Capability Approach will no doubt become recommended reading for both new and established scholars wishing to further develop and apply the CA in research with children.´ -Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

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