| Project/Area Number |
15330049
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
IKEMOTO Yukio The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Professor, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (20222911)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUI Noriatsu Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Professor, 大学院・東アジア研究科, 教授 (50278438)
SATO Hiroshi Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, Professor, 大学院・経済学研究科, 教授 (50211280)
MINE Yoichi Chubu University, Faculty of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (30257589)
YUN Chunji Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (10294620)
寺崎 康博 東京理科大学, 経営学部, 教授 (90136622)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥13,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥5,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000)
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| Keywords | Capability / Senzai Nou-ryoku / Asia / Africa / Poverty / Amartya Sen / Martha Nussbaum / マーサ・ヌウバウム / 貧困 / 人間開発 / 潜在能力アプローチ / 所得分配 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research aimed to apply Amarta Sen's capability approach to the problems of poverty in Asia and Africa and to shift the focus from economy-oriented development to human-oriented one. Capability is a concept proposed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum to capture human well-being more appropriately than others such as income. Even though many people refer to it in Japan, many of them misunderstand it because of, perhaps, its Japanese translation. One of the results of this research was to show the causes how it is misunderstood. Based on this analysis we tried to correct this misunderstanding by a series of seminars, publications and other means. The Japanese translation of Nussbaum's Women and Human Development was among them. On this theoretical analysis we proceeded to our philosophical analysis on Sen's theory of justice and then discussed on poverty relating to the conceptual differences in goodness and rightness.
While conducting these theoretical analyses, we also conducted our field research in Vietnam (Ikemoto), Bangladesh (Matsui and Ikemoto), China (Sato), Africa (Mine) and South Korea (Yun) and published many papers and books in their fields respectively as listed below. Our analysis expanded our scope to Japan by applying the capability approach to the problems of rising inequality in Japan.
We have attended the international conferences of the capability approach held by HDCA (Human Development and Capability Association) every year and invited scholars from this association and from developing countries to hold international conferences in Tokyo. An important finding of these conferences is that many scholars from different disciplines are interested in the capability approach and can be integrated into a larger framework of capability.
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