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On Sen on the capability of capabilities : the story of a not-for-profit enterprise / J.G. Meeks -- Capabilities and the common good / Jonathan Warner -- Measuring the meta-capability of agency : theoretical basis for creating a responsibility indicator / Mathias Nebel, Maria-Teresa Herrera-Nebel -- Equal liberty, reflective equilibrium and education : defending Rawls from Sen's criticisms / Caroline Souza and Gabriel Goldmeier -- On epistemic diversity, ontologies, and assumptions in capability approaches / Josh Platzky Miller -- Collective agency capability : how capabilities can emerge in a social moment / Razia Shariff -- Sen's capability approach, social choice theory and the use of rankings / Flavio Comim -- Selecting capabilities for development : an evaluation of proposed methods / Morten Byskov -- From resources to functioning : rethinking and measuring conversion rates / Enrica Chiappero, Paola Salardi and Francesco Scervini -- Demystifying the use of simultaneous equation models for operationalising the capability approach / Jaya Krishnakumar and Ricardo Nogales -- Human development in India : comparing Sen and his competitors / Des Gasper -- "Sustainable human development measurement issues : a new proposal" / Mario Biggeri and Vicenzo Mauro -- Inequality and capabilities : a multidimensional empirical exploration in Chile / Macarena Orchard and Martina Yopo -- Living wages in international supply chains and the capability approach : towards a conceptual framework / Stephanie Schrage and Kristin Huber -- For a happy human development / Tadashi Hirai -- Capability of capabilities and aspirations of the middle classes in India / Meera Tiwari -- The value individual and community social resources / Paul Anand -- Tracking the transition from "basic needs" to "capabilities" for human-centred development : the role of housing in urban inclusion / Shailaja Fennell, Jaime Royo-Olid and Matthew Barac -- Building regulations through the capability lens : for safer and inclusive built environment? / Prachi Acharya -- Cities and the capability approach / PB Anand -- Formal education, well-being and aspirations : a capability based analysis on high school pupils from France / Robin Vos and Jérôme Ballet -- Other people's adaptations : teaching children with special educational needs to adapt and to aspire / Cristina Devecchi and Michael Watts -- Expanding children's capabilities at the writers' workshop / Helena Kiff -- Education and the capability approach / Caroline Hart