Using the capability approach to analyze contemporary environmental governance challenges in coastal Brazil

Conservation and development are often framed as a dichotomy, requiring trade-offs. But trade-offs can be due to the particular political situation and to relationships of domination, and are not necessarily the inevitable result of intractable situations. Amartya Sen’s capability approach, which ce...

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Main Authors: Erika Bockstael, Fikret Berkes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) 2017-10-01
Series:International Journal of the Commons
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Online Access:https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/756