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En las últimas décadas, agencias de Naciones Unidas, actores internacionales, regionales y locales así como, gobiernos, ONG y organizaciones de la cooperación descentralizada han puesto en marcha múltiples iniciativas para favorecer un desarrollo local más inclusivo, igualitario y sostenible. Muchos de estos esfuerzos han estado dirigidos a promover la igualdad Leer más…

This book provides comprehensive and advanced analysis of the characteristics of social entrepreneurship in Europe. It offers innovative, up-todate research on the ecosystems of social entrepreneurship, the behavior of social entrepreneurs, their ability to produce social innovation, social capital and social inclusion, and the role of stakeholders in fostering socially Leer más…

Clark, D. A., Biggeri, M. and Frediani, A. A. (forthcoming 2019), The Capability Approach, Empowerment and Participation: Concepts, Methods and Applications, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. This book explores the linkages between Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and participatory forms of development – especially those associated with critical pedagogy and empowerment from the Leer más…

The capability approach has the power to examine how different societal arrangements can be pivotal for the fulfilment and/or deprivations of individual human capabilities and human development [Sen, A. K. 1999. Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press]. However, little analysis has been so far devoted to the centrality of Leer más…

Biggeri, M. and Ferrannini, A. (2014), Sustainable Human Development: A new territorial and people-centred perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, New York and Basingstoke. Integrating Amartya Sen’s approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual Leer más…