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Kremakova, Milena (2013) Too soft for economics, too rigid for sociology, or just right? The productive ambiguities of Sen’s Capability Approach. European Journal of Sociology, Volume 54 (Number 3). pp. 393-419. doi:10.1017/S0003975613000210 ISSN 0003-9756.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003975613000210
Abstract
The capability approach has been developed by Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum
and others as a human-centred normative framework for the evaluation of individual
and group well-being, quality of life and social justice. Sen and Nussbaum’s ideas
have influenced global, national and local policy and have been further developed in
a number of academic disciplines, but so far have remained largely unnoticed in
sociology. This article examines recent capability-informed theories and empirical
applications in the sociology of human rights and other academic fields adjacent to
sociology, focussing on examples of social policy studies in the fields of welfare, the
labour market, health and disability, and education. The article outlines several
potential areas in which capability-informed frameworks are relevant for critical
social theory, public sociology and global sociology.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Sociology | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0003-9756 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 54 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 393-419 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0003975613000210 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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