Description
In this major work of feminist philosophy and development theory, the author argues that justice must be measured not only by economic growth but by people’s real opportunities to live fully human lives. Focusing especially on the experiences of poor women in India and across the developing world, she examines how deprivation, violence, inadequate education, restricted mobility, and political exclusion shape women’s choices and well-being. Drawing on the capabilities approach, the book offers an ethical framework for public policy and constitutional principles while calling for a genuinely international feminism attentive to cultural difference and universal human dignity. Clear, rigorous, and grounded in the realities of everyday life, it makes profound philosophical and economic questions accessible to a broad readership.
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paperback
Cambridge University Press
Published Jan 1, 2001
ISBN: 9780511336782
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First Published
2000
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Women and Human Development by Martha Nussbaum.