The Creation of the Human Development Approach

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-51567-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 173 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3645 g

This book examines the main reasons and challenges for the success of the human development approach both in theory and practice as an alternative to the economic growth model. Unlike the preceding research which has typically been either theoretical/prescriptive or empirical/descriptive, it follows a pragmatic historical and institutional methodology, since human development cannot be understood without considering the complexities added centrally by the formation process in the UNDP. Referring to the capability approach, it also addresses how to best reflect happiness within this paradigm.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hirai, Tadashi

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. History of Development: Towards Human Development.- 2. Institutionalisation of Development Concepts.- 3. Measurement of Development: Predecessors of the Human Development Index.- 4. The Human Development Index and Its Evolution.- 5. Happiness in Human Development.

Über Autor(innen)

Tadashi Hirai is Project Researcher in the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a supervisor specializing in the human development approach and the human development index at the University of Cambridge, UK.