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TY - JOUR
T1 - Capabilities, contributive injustice and unequal divisions of labour
AU - Sayer, Andrew
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - It is argued that the radical implications of the capabilities approach have been widely overlooked, primarily because of a tendency for the approach to be combined with inadequate theories of society, particularly regarding the external conditions enabling or limiting capabilities. While the approach is accepted in principle, by turning to the theory of contributive justice, which focuses on what people are allowed or expected to contribute in terms of work, paid or unpaid, we can see that job shortages and unequal divisions of labour are amajor cause of capability inequalities and deficiencies. In so doing the theory helps us to appreciate the radical implications of the capabilities approach.
AB - It is argued that the radical implications of the capabilities approach have been widely overlooked, primarily because of a tendency for the approach to be combined with inadequate theories of society, particularly regarding the external conditions enabling or limiting capabilities. While the approach is accepted in principle, by turning to the theory of contributive justice, which focuses on what people are allowed or expected to contribute in terms of work, paid or unpaid, we can see that job shortages and unequal divisions of labour are amajor cause of capability inequalities and deficiencies. In so doing the theory helps us to appreciate the radical implications of the capabilities approach.
KW - capability inequality well-being
KW - capabilities
KW - approach
KW - economic development
KW - inequality
KW - well-being
U2 - 10.1080/19452829.2012.693069
DO - 10.1080/19452829.2012.693069
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 580
EP - 596
JO - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
JF - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
SN - 1945-2837
IS - 4
ER -