editado por Melanie Walker, Elaine Unterhalter -- New York : Palgrave MacMillan, c2007 xv, 275 p. ; 2 cms. Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice: pp. 255-275. Acknowledgments -- Notes on contributors -- The capability approach: its potential for work in education -- Theoretical perspectives on the capability approach and education -- The capability to be educated -- Situating education in the human capabilities approach -- Distribution of what for social justice in education? The case of education for all by 2015 -- Gender equality, education, and the capability approach -- Measuring capabilities: an example from girls schooling -- Applications of the capability approach in education -- Developing capabilities and the management of trust -- Education and capabilities in Bangladesh -- Selecting capabilities for gender equality in education -- Childrens valued capabilities -- The capability approach and womens economic security: access to higher education under welfare reform -- Taking the capability approach forward in education -- Conclusion: capabilities, social justice, and education.