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BibTeX Citation String (Summer 2020 Archive Edition)

There are over 50 BibTeX styles and no standard format that is guaranteed to work for all 50. So, we suggest you use our string as a 'useful suggestion' that might need to be adapted for your particular BibTeX file. Also note that the double braces around the title is to preserve capitalization. You may wish to edit that as well.
@InCollection{sep-capability-approach,
	author       =	{Robeyns, Ingrid},
	title        =	{{The Capability Approach}},
	booktitle    =	{The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
	editor       =	{Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
	howpublished =	{\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/capability-approach/}},
	year         =	{2020},
	edition      =	{{S}ummer 2020},
	publisher    =	{Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}

BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Summer 2025 Archive)

There are over 50 BibTeX styles and no standard format that is guaranteed to work for all 50. So, we suggest you use our string as a 'useful suggestion' that might need to be adapted for your particular BibTeX file. Also note that the double braces around the title is to preserve capitalization. You may wish to edit that as well.

@InCollection{sep-capability-approach,
	author       =	{Robeyns, Ingrid and Byskov, Morten Fibieger},
	title        =	{{The Capability Approach}},
	booktitle    =	{The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
	editor       =	{Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
	howpublished =	{\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2025/entries/capability-approach/}},
	year         =	{2025},
	edition      =	{{S}ummer 2025},
	publisher    =	{Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}