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Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) Paperback – January 18, 1996

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Women, a majority of the world's population, receive only a small proportion of its opportunities and benefits. According to the 1993 UN Human Development Report, there is no country in the world in which women's quality of life is equal to that of men. This examination of women's quality of life addresses questions which have a particular urgency, and aims to describe the basic situation of all women. The contributors confront the issue of cultural relativism, criticizing the approach which, in its desire to respect different cultural traditions, can result in indifference to injustice. Gender justice and women's equality is then proposed in various areas in which quality of life is measured. Like its predecessor, The Quality of Life, this volume encourages the reader to think critically about the central fundamental concepts used in development economics, and suggests major criticisms of current economic approaches from that fundamental viewpoint. In addition to scholars of women's
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`The essays in Nussbaum and Glover's anthology project a powerful and timely critique of cultural relativism in assessing the quality of life ... This anthology presents the viewpoints of the essentialists ... I felt deeply reassured by the cogent arguments of third-world women, who share my apprehension, in this multidimensional Nussbaum-Glover anthology. The combination of philosophical discourse, feminist insights and thorough economic analysis makes the book highly unusual ... refreshingly readable with writing that is witty and displays deep empathy with human values.' Times Higher Education Supplement

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This examination of women's quality of life thus addresses questions which have a particular urgency. It aims to describe the basic situation of all women and so develops a universal account that can answer the charges of 'Western imperialism' frequently made against such accounts.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarendon Press; 1st edition (January 18, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198289642
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198289647
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.21 x 6.14 x 1 inches

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Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, appointed in the Law School and Philosophy Department. She has received honorary degrees from sixty-four colleges and universities in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Among her awards are the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2016), the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture (2018), and the Holberg Prize (2021).

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The book is anchored by a case study by Martha Chen of poor women in Bangladesh which nearly all the essays explicitly ...

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This book has a really all-star cast of philosophers, each offering a perspective on issues pertaining to the capabilities approach and/or international feminism. Some of the contributions are only indirectly related to the central topic. For example, there are a couple essays that focus on (moral) objectivism (especially Hilary Putnam's and Jonathan Glover's). But objectivism and/or universalism are foundational for the kind of international feminism advanced by the book, so the abstract topic is appropriate. The book is especially valuable for readers interested in the capabilities approach, as the authors hail from diverse philosophical backgrounds (though they are all liberal). It is thus interesting to see commentary on the capabilities approach from Kantian (Onora O'Neill), pragmatist (Ruth Anna Putnam), and discourse ethical (Seyla Benhabib) perspectives instead of just Martha Nussbaum's Aristotelianism. David Crocker's essay, in addition to providing a comprehensive critical overview, helpfully highlights some of the differences between Nussbaum's and Amartya Sen's formulations of the capabilities approach. The book is anchored by a case study by Martha Chen of poor women in Bangladesh which nearly all the essays explicitly reference. And the book is further grounded by ending with four regional perspectives that apply the concepts discussed in the book to the realities of poor women in India, China, Mexico, and Nigeria.

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