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Haenssgen, Marco Johannes and Ariana, Proochista (2018) The place of technology in the Capability Approach. Oxford Development Studies, 46 (1). pp. 98-112. doi:10.1080/13600818.2017.1325456
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2017.1325456
Abstract
Increasing scholarly attention has focussed on how to integrate technology within the Capability Approach (CA), yet without a consistent solution. Some describe technology as a special kind of capability input, but others consider the concept of technology to be fundamentally different from that of an ordinary input. We aim to contribute to the theoretical development of the CA by offering a consistent justification for the explicit inclusion of technology in this framework. We propose that technical objects have a ‘generative’ and a ‘transformative’ dimension through which they enable capabilities directly and affect other inputs in the attainment of valued capabilities. The objects acquire the transformative dimension from the broader technological context, which we propose as a new class of conversion factors. Using the example of mobile phones and their role in healthcare access, we demonstrate that our proposal helps to frame the analysis of the development impact of technology.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Capabilities approach (Social sciences), Information technology, Cell phones, Wireless communication systems in medical care | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Oxford Development Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1360-0818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 98-112 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13600818.2017.1325456 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Funder: | John Fell OUP Research Fund, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Scatcherd European Scholarship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Grant number: | John Fell OUP Research Fund Ref. 122/670, Economic and Social Research Council Studentship Ref. SSD/2/2/16, Scatcherd European Scholarship Ref. GAF1213_SES_511446 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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