Everrett Hagen (1957, 1963) criticizes economic theory for neglecting the role of cultural values in explaining technological progress, economic development and eventually social change. His theory argues that cultural values, social structure and psychological motivations constrain the...

The capability approach is a versatile framework rooted on issues of justice and multidimensional assessment of quality of life developed in the 1980s as an alternative approach to prevailing mainstream development ideas focused narrowly on economic development. Most closely associated with the...