Entitlements, Capabilities and Human Rights

摘要: It was the intention of conference organisers to capture potential human agency involved in environmentally induced migration as well its limits. They therefore chose try move conceptually from vulnerabilities capabilities by embedding environmental within broader frame approach pioneered Amartya Sen. Capabilities, according Sen, are not things that people may be able do—their ‘functionings’—but their capacity choose and live a life they value. The conclusion reconsiders previous chapters light contributions question vulnerability versus capability then discusses Sen’s more detail, particular with respect relationship realm rights figures so predominantly amongst part II.