Capability, Care and Personal Assistance: making connections

Bridget Anderson

doi:10.17169/ogj.2021.109

Capability, Care and Personal Assistance: making connections

Bridget Anderson

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The Capability Approach/Capability Theory (CA/T) makes the normative claim that freedom to achieve well-being is of primary moral importance. It has made significant contributions in its original field of Development Studies and has also been used in other fields as a framework to assess the relation between well-being and socio-economic contexts, to inform policies for social change. CA/T’s move from a focus only on resources (redistribution) reveals how the relation between the elements of participation and freedom in the achievement of well-being becomes contested. This paper will use two examples from empirical
research conducted with disabled people, their personal assistants and care workers to explore how attention to participation, connection, and affiliation can further develop CA/T

Original language	English
Number of pages	19
Journal	Open Gender Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2021.109
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2021

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Capability Approach
Care
Contract
Disability
Ethics

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Justice, citizenship and methodological denationalism
Anderson, B., 17 Nov 2020, Justice and Vulnerability in Europe: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Knijn, T. & Lepianka, D. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 125-142 17 p.
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