What informational basis for assessing job-seekers?: Capabilities vs. preferences

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-289

  Bonvin, Jean Michel ^a   Farvaque, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Capability for voice; Job seekers; Positional objectivity; Preferences; Sen; Situated public action

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544431698     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676500130614     Document Type: Review

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