Pub Date : 2021-10-29DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2022.1996654
Hartley Dean
{"title":"Basic Income: A History","authors":"Hartley Dean","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2022.1996654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2022.1996654","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"23 1","pages":"157 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46895386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-08DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1985440
L. Leemann, T. Martelin, S. Koskinen, T. Härkänen, Anna-Maria Isola
ABSTRACT In recent years, a growing body of literature on social inclusion on an individual level has emerged. Yet, there is no common understanding of the concept itself and how to measure it. The objective of this study was to document the development of the Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale (ESIS), including the theoretical framework used for this purpose, which draws strongly on the capability approach. The ESIS is a brief closed survey instrument to assess self-reported experiences of social inclusion, and the aim was to evaluate its psychometric properties. The sample used for this consisted of 847 adults aged 18–87 years from all over Finland, most of them affected by or at immediate risk of social exclusion. The results indicated good internal reliability and consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89). Furthermore, factor analyses suggested a one-dimensional factor structure for the ten items of the ESIS. The mean score on the ESIS was not statistically significantly different between male and female respondents, whereas a weak positive association with age and statistically significant differences for experiences of poverty were found. Analyses for convergent validity showed that the ESIS was statistically significantly associated with instruments measuring related concepts. All correlations were in the expected direction and rather substantial in magnitude but did not indicate that the same construct was being measured (r = .409 to r = .678). These promising results indicate a broad applicability of the ESIS in self-administered questionnaires, and its use in future research is encouraged.
{"title":"Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale","authors":"L. Leemann, T. Martelin, S. Koskinen, T. Härkänen, Anna-Maria Isola","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1985440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1985440","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In recent years, a growing body of literature on social inclusion on an individual level has emerged. Yet, there is no common understanding of the concept itself and how to measure it. The objective of this study was to document the development of the Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale (ESIS), including the theoretical framework used for this purpose, which draws strongly on the capability approach. The ESIS is a brief closed survey instrument to assess self-reported experiences of social inclusion, and the aim was to evaluate its psychometric properties. The sample used for this consisted of 847 adults aged 18–87 years from all over Finland, most of them affected by or at immediate risk of social exclusion. The results indicated good internal reliability and consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89). Furthermore, factor analyses suggested a one-dimensional factor structure for the ten items of the ESIS. The mean score on the ESIS was not statistically significantly different between male and female respondents, whereas a weak positive association with age and statistically significant differences for experiences of poverty were found. Analyses for convergent validity showed that the ESIS was statistically significantly associated with instruments measuring related concepts. All correlations were in the expected direction and rather substantial in magnitude but did not indicate that the same construct was being measured (r = .409 to r = .678). These promising results indicate a broad applicability of the ESIS in self-administered questionnaires, and its use in future research is encouraged.","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"23 1","pages":"400 - 424"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43798523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1990228
Meera Tiwari
ABSTRACT The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are intended to make the 17 goals and the 169 targets globally applicable with the necessary contextualisation so as to “leave no one behind” (LNOB). This paper examines how the SDGs can be localised to LNOB in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets. These boroughs with one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the country are amongst the high grow boroughs of London but also with one of the highest social and economic deprivations. The research offers insights into how policy framework requires a targeted engagement with marginalised communities. The empowerment of such individuals and communities can in turn enable them to access opportunities that require higher levels of skills in their home boroughs and elsewhere in London. Additionally, the inclusion of cultural norms and practices can further strengthen the process to address the capability deprivations. This approach therefore has wider relevance to achieving the “LNOB” pledge of the SDGs. Globally, in both developed and developing countries, some marginalised communities living with intergenerational deprivations remain untouched by macro-level efforts.
{"title":"How to Achieve the “Leave No One Behind” Pledge of the SDGs in Newham and Tower Hamlets, East London","authors":"Meera Tiwari","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1990228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1990228","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are intended to make the 17 goals and the 169 targets globally applicable with the necessary contextualisation so as to “leave no one behind” (LNOB). This paper examines how the SDGs can be localised to LNOB in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets. These boroughs with one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the country are amongst the high grow boroughs of London but also with one of the highest social and economic deprivations. The research offers insights into how policy framework requires a targeted engagement with marginalised communities. The empowerment of such individuals and communities can in turn enable them to access opportunities that require higher levels of skills in their home boroughs and elsewhere in London. Additionally, the inclusion of cultural norms and practices can further strengthen the process to address the capability deprivations. This approach therefore has wider relevance to achieving the “LNOB” pledge of the SDGs. Globally, in both developed and developing countries, some marginalised communities living with intergenerational deprivations remain untouched by macro-level efforts.","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"748 - 758"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42940861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1986690
Edgardo Bilsky, Anna Calvete Moreno, Ainara Fernández Tortosa
ABSTRACT As acknowledged in the literature on Sustainable Human Development, the involvement of local levels of government in delivering the SDGs is an important issue and one that needs to be examined also through the capability approach. Through an analysis of the current state and evolution of the SDG localisation movement, and even in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, the paper identifies entry points that can be leveraged to enhance institutional capabilities to deliver sustainable development. Indeed, the SDG localisation movement is expanding in almost all regions, showing an increasing polysemy of meanings and modalities for local governments and stakeholders. The movement has witnessed valuable progress with the expansion of Voluntary Local and Subnational Reviews (VLRs and VSRs respectively), the transformation of limited consultative approaches into an enhanced involvement of a plurality of actors, including citizen participation, and the evolution from restricted spaces for dialogue to ambitious multilevel governance arrangements and multistakeholder co-creation efforts that, following the capability approach, recognise the diversity of abilities. These improvements have fostered local ownership and catalysed opportunities for joint achievements. After all, local governments, as the level of government closest to the population, are best placed to respond to their needs and priorities, and to leverage their collective capabilities and agency to develop common pathways using the SDGs as enablers of change. All these efforts promote the production of collective knowledge which can progressively transform local institutions and support the evolution of multilevel governance processes.
{"title":"Local Governments and SDG Localisation: Reshaping Multilevel Governance from the Bottom up","authors":"Edgardo Bilsky, Anna Calvete Moreno, Ainara Fernández Tortosa","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1986690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1986690","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As acknowledged in the literature on Sustainable Human Development, the involvement of local levels of government in delivering the SDGs is an important issue and one that needs to be examined also through the capability approach. Through an analysis of the current state and evolution of the SDG localisation movement, and even in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, the paper identifies entry points that can be leveraged to enhance institutional capabilities to deliver sustainable development. Indeed, the SDG localisation movement is expanding in almost all regions, showing an increasing polysemy of meanings and modalities for local governments and stakeholders. The movement has witnessed valuable progress with the expansion of Voluntary Local and Subnational Reviews (VLRs and VSRs respectively), the transformation of limited consultative approaches into an enhanced involvement of a plurality of actors, including citizen participation, and the evolution from restricted spaces for dialogue to ambitious multilevel governance arrangements and multistakeholder co-creation efforts that, following the capability approach, recognise the diversity of abilities. These improvements have fostered local ownership and catalysed opportunities for joint achievements. After all, local governments, as the level of government closest to the population, are best placed to respond to their needs and priorities, and to leverage their collective capabilities and agency to develop common pathways using the SDGs as enablers of change. All these efforts promote the production of collective knowledge which can progressively transform local institutions and support the evolution of multilevel governance processes.","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"713 - 724"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49102789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1986809
M. Biggeri
In September 2019, the UN Secretary-General called for a “Decade for Action” to ensure that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) become fully operational. This is now the primary challenge for academicians and policymakers alike. The 2030 Agenda represents a universal and overarching roadmap for achieving sustainable development from a multidimensional perspective. During the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated various problems within our economies and societies (Anand et al. 2020), disrupting our capacity to overcome the unsustainability of modern production and consumption patterns and making the call to “leave no one behind” even more pronounced. Fulfilling the transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda requires a participatory, whole-of-government approach for its implementation, which is in line with the Sustainable Human Development paradigm and its pillars of equity, sustainability, productivity and participation. In other words, it is now more urgent than ever to translate the integrated and indivisible vision of sustainable development underlying the 2030 Agenda, its SDGs and the relative targets into supranational, national and local strategies and policy initiatives. Real action to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges (e.g. public health, poverty, gender, climate change and inequality) occurs not only at the global level but also, and especially, at the country and local levels. Indeed, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires an innovative multilevel governance approach that goes beyond the traditional scope of the nation state in favour of a vertical alignment between the various levels of governance (i.e. international, national, regional and local) and horizontal engagement between public, private and social actors, with a view of driving policy coherence towards a common vision (Smoke and Nixon 2016). It is, therefore, essential to avoid the traditional “top-down” versus “bottomup” dichotomy, given the continuous interaction of resources, skills, knowledge and initiatives between levels and sectors. The sustainability transition, in particular, requires a complementary perspective based on the role of local and
{"title":"Editorial: A “Decade for Action” on SDG Localisation","authors":"M. Biggeri","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1986809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1986809","url":null,"abstract":"In September 2019, the UN Secretary-General called for a “Decade for Action” to ensure that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) become fully operational. This is now the primary challenge for academicians and policymakers alike. The 2030 Agenda represents a universal and overarching roadmap for achieving sustainable development from a multidimensional perspective. During the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated various problems within our economies and societies (Anand et al. 2020), disrupting our capacity to overcome the unsustainability of modern production and consumption patterns and making the call to “leave no one behind” even more pronounced. Fulfilling the transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda requires a participatory, whole-of-government approach for its implementation, which is in line with the Sustainable Human Development paradigm and its pillars of equity, sustainability, productivity and participation. In other words, it is now more urgent than ever to translate the integrated and indivisible vision of sustainable development underlying the 2030 Agenda, its SDGs and the relative targets into supranational, national and local strategies and policy initiatives. Real action to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges (e.g. public health, poverty, gender, climate change and inequality) occurs not only at the global level but also, and especially, at the country and local levels. Indeed, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires an innovative multilevel governance approach that goes beyond the traditional scope of the nation state in favour of a vertical alignment between the various levels of governance (i.e. international, national, regional and local) and horizontal engagement between public, private and social actors, with a view of driving policy coherence towards a common vision (Smoke and Nixon 2016). It is, therefore, essential to avoid the traditional “top-down” versus “bottomup” dichotomy, given the continuous interaction of resources, skills, knowledge and initiatives between levels and sectors. The sustainability transition, in particular, requires a complementary perspective based on the role of local and","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"706 - 712"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43879630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1985844
F. Comim
almost never prioritise direct income-generation or transfer policies. Often, it is for the practical reason that investments in other areas, such as the social sectors, are easier to undertake and with more immediate tangible results than investments in income generation schemes (such as support for SMEs or social procurement). In general, the link between the conceptualisation of poverty and the policy framework is much weaker than implied. Likewise, Putnam’s excellent chapter which argues that poverty may be best conceived as a social relation would have benefitted from the significant empirical literature which defines it in exactly this way. Both cases illustrate the broader point that the volume’s aim of presenting “interdisciplinary perspectives on poverty” is reflected primarily in the inclusion of different disciplinary perspectives within one volume rather than their systematic integration within individual chapters. The volume’s engagement with the post-development literature is presented in Part II (“Epistemic Injustices in Poverty Research”). One is struck by the varied depiction of the nature and objects of domination/subjugation presented. For example, Dübgen’s restatement of one characterisation of intellectuals in the Global South as lacking in “self-confidence” and “imprisoned” in a “scientific ghetto” seems starkly at odds with contributors to the volume who appear as anything but. Similarly, the oft-heard injunction to rely on local knowledge or to heed the marginalised voices of the poor/subaltern (Chimakonan), sits uneasily with the alleged inability of illiterate African women to “differentiate want from need” (Omotoso). Nevertheless, a core contribution of the volume is to direct attention to the fact that most poverty analysis is conducted by researchers from the North (or trained in the North), drawing on limited theoretical and methodological approaches. The effect is undoubtedly to restrict the field of inquiry and privilege one set of cognitive biases. Dimensions of Poverty makes a useful contribution to the literature on poverty and should be a standard reference for those working in this field. It joins the chorus of voices arguing for broadening of the concept of poverty, the ways of understanding it and the diversity of those researching it, with a view ultimately to reduce it more effectively (however defined and measured and by whom).
{"title":"Realising the Demographic Dividend: Policies to Achieve Inclusive Growth in India","authors":"F. Comim","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1985844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1985844","url":null,"abstract":"almost never prioritise direct income-generation or transfer policies. Often, it is for the practical reason that investments in other areas, such as the social sectors, are easier to undertake and with more immediate tangible results than investments in income generation schemes (such as support for SMEs or social procurement). In general, the link between the conceptualisation of poverty and the policy framework is much weaker than implied. Likewise, Putnam’s excellent chapter which argues that poverty may be best conceived as a social relation would have benefitted from the significant empirical literature which defines it in exactly this way. Both cases illustrate the broader point that the volume’s aim of presenting “interdisciplinary perspectives on poverty” is reflected primarily in the inclusion of different disciplinary perspectives within one volume rather than their systematic integration within individual chapters. The volume’s engagement with the post-development literature is presented in Part II (“Epistemic Injustices in Poverty Research”). One is struck by the varied depiction of the nature and objects of domination/subjugation presented. For example, Dübgen’s restatement of one characterisation of intellectuals in the Global South as lacking in “self-confidence” and “imprisoned” in a “scientific ghetto” seems starkly at odds with contributors to the volume who appear as anything but. Similarly, the oft-heard injunction to rely on local knowledge or to heed the marginalised voices of the poor/subaltern (Chimakonan), sits uneasily with the alleged inability of illiterate African women to “differentiate want from need” (Omotoso). Nevertheless, a core contribution of the volume is to direct attention to the fact that most poverty analysis is conducted by researchers from the North (or trained in the North), drawing on limited theoretical and methodological approaches. The effect is undoubtedly to restrict the field of inquiry and privilege one set of cognitive biases. Dimensions of Poverty makes a useful contribution to the literature on poverty and should be a standard reference for those working in this field. It joins the chorus of voices arguing for broadening of the concept of poverty, the ways of understanding it and the diversity of those researching it, with a view ultimately to reduce it more effectively (however defined and measured and by whom).","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"760 - 762"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42115316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1986689
Shipra Narang Suri, Martino Miraglia, Andrea Ferrannini
ABSTRACT If the transformative potential of the Agenda 2030 is to be realised, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have to be fully embraced at the local level. Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) have recently emerged as a powerful tool to localise the SDGs, representing an innovation by and for the cities to advance progress on their local priorities in a participatory, inclusive and transparent manner. Through the capability lens, this paper briefly analyses recent experiences of a range of VLRs, by focusing on four issues. First, VLRs strengthen the innovation of data and measurement frameworks at the local level; second, through participation and inclusion of communities and minorities, VLRs foster transparency and accountability, hence contributing towards (re)building the social contract; third, VLR processes have been widely anchored to the design of new long-term strategic plans for sustainable human development; and, fourth, VLRs contribute to overcome institutional fragmentation and foster multilevel policy coherence towards the SDGs. Our policy insights and recommendations intend contributing to laying the foundation for the next generation of local reviews in line with the core elements of the Capability Approach and the sustainable human development paradigm.
{"title":"Voluntary Local Reviews as Drivers for SDG Localisation and Sustainable Human Development","authors":"Shipra Narang Suri, Martino Miraglia, Andrea Ferrannini","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1986689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1986689","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT If the transformative potential of the Agenda 2030 is to be realised, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have to be fully embraced at the local level. Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) have recently emerged as a powerful tool to localise the SDGs, representing an innovation by and for the cities to advance progress on their local priorities in a participatory, inclusive and transparent manner. Through the capability lens, this paper briefly analyses recent experiences of a range of VLRs, by focusing on four issues. First, VLRs strengthen the innovation of data and measurement frameworks at the local level; second, through participation and inclusion of communities and minorities, VLRs foster transparency and accountability, hence contributing towards (re)building the social contract; third, VLR processes have been widely anchored to the design of new long-term strategic plans for sustainable human development; and, fourth, VLRs contribute to overcome institutional fragmentation and foster multilevel policy coherence towards the SDGs. Our policy insights and recommendations intend contributing to laying the foundation for the next generation of local reviews in line with the core elements of the Capability Approach and the sustainable human development paradigm.","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"725 - 736"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47647463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1982880
J. Drydyk
ABSTRACT The capability approach focuses on understanding and removing unfreedom, so it is surprising that connections between capability and oppression have been little discussed. I take seven steps towards filling that void. (1) There is an intuitive conceptual connection if we understand “oppression” as being held or confined to low capability levels. (2) Normatively, it is noteworthy that oppressed people are held at low capability levels as a result of the agency of others, even if (as in systemic or structural oppression) this effect is not always intended. (3) Capability research can contribute to explaining and understanding oppression, including systemic or structural oppression, and (4) this research not only allows but invites inquiry into what is distinctive about specific forms of oppression. (5) Why these unfreedoms are pervasive and persistent requires deeper explanations, which have agency foundations: one group contributes causally to reducing the agency freedom of others, whether this reduction is anyone’s purpose or not. (6) Our thinking about what is wrong with oppression must match our understanding of why it is pervasive and persistent; thus (7) recognising oppression as a kind of subjection is essential for understanding what is wrong with systemic oppression.
{"title":"Capability and Oppression","authors":"J. Drydyk","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1982880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1982880","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The capability approach focuses on understanding and removing unfreedom, so it is surprising that connections between capability and oppression have been little discussed. I take seven steps towards filling that void. (1) There is an intuitive conceptual connection if we understand “oppression” as being held or confined to low capability levels. (2) Normatively, it is noteworthy that oppressed people are held at low capability levels as a result of the agency of others, even if (as in systemic or structural oppression) this effect is not always intended. (3) Capability research can contribute to explaining and understanding oppression, including systemic or structural oppression, and (4) this research not only allows but invites inquiry into what is distinctive about specific forms of oppression. (5) Why these unfreedoms are pervasive and persistent requires deeper explanations, which have agency foundations: one group contributes causally to reducing the agency freedom of others, whether this reduction is anyone’s purpose or not. (6) Our thinking about what is wrong with oppression must match our understanding of why it is pervasive and persistent; thus (7) recognising oppression as a kind of subjection is essential for understanding what is wrong with systemic oppression.","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"527 - 550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48608791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1985842
Yei-Whei Lin
{"title":"Changing Trends in China’s Inequality: Evidence, Analysis, and Prospects","authors":"Yei-Whei Lin","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1985842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1985842","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"763 - 764"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43355732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1985838
Paul Shaffer
{"title":"Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism","authors":"Paul Shaffer","doi":"10.1080/19452829.2021.1985838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1985838","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46538,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Development and Capabilities","volume":"22 1","pages":"759 - 760"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41442390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：