The Creation of the Human Development Approach (eBook)

Tadashi Hirai (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XXIII, 173 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-51568-7 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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.

Inhalt

1. History of Development: Towards Human DevelopmentIntroductionConceptual Shifts in DevelopmentThe Basic Needs ApproachThe Human Development ApproachThe Basic Needs Approach & the Human Development ApproachConclusions2. Institutionalisation of Development ConceptsIntroductionInstitutional MechanismsThe Economic Growth Model in the Bretton Woods InstitutionsThe Human Development Approach within the UNDPConclusions3. Measurement of Development: Predecessors of the Human Development IndexIntroductionConceptual IssuesOperational IssuesSome Reflections and Implications of the Formulation of the HDI Conclusions4. The Human Development Index and Its EvolutionIntroductionReview of Critiques of the HDIRevisions of the HDI in the HDRsDiscussion: What for the Future?Conclusions5. Happiness in Human DevelopmentIntroductionThe Capability Approach in Support of the Human Development ApproachHappiness in the Capability ApproachConclusionsEpilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 173 p. 1 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: development aid • Development Policy • development theory • Economic Growth • Human Development • Human Development Index • International Institutions • UNDP • well-being
• ISBN-10: 3-319-51568-3 / 3319515683
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-51568-7 / 9783319515687