Childcare, children and capability

Wright, Hazel R.

doi:10.1080/0305764x.2012.706256

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“…Within the CA the situation is quite similar. Researchers have devoted extensive work to linking concepts of opportunities, agency and freedom to the field of child and adolescent development (Biggeri et al 2006;Tommaso 2006;Crivello et al 2008;Biggeri and Anich 2009;Wright 2012;Peleg 2013;Underwood et al 2015), but empirical research on young adults is uncommon.…”

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Before Entering Adulthood: Developing an Index of Capabilities for Young Adults in Bogota

Bucheli

2019

Applied Research Quality Life

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QoL studies conceptualise urban well-being as a multidimensional process that is influenced by personal and environmental factors. A much less explored field in QoL has to do with the notion of capabilities and functionings as measurements to evaluate the level of quality of life that people experience in cities. By investigating the young adults category, this article develops a measurement of QoL based on the normative framework of the Capability Approach (CA) to capture urban domains that affect quality of life in Bogota. This study introduces a quantitative methodology to use secondary aggregated data to build a QoL measurement based on capabilities. A nonlinear categorical principal component analysis was used to explore the underlying factor structure of a calibration sample (n=6,998). Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted to validate identified factors, revealing a good fit (SRMR=0.033, CFI=0.910). The result is a Young Adult Capability Index (YACI) that empirically explores the use of capability achievements as a space for evaluating urban QoL in young adults. A multiple linear regression was calculated to predict YACI based on additional variables which are sensitive to inequality for young adults. Results show that capability scores are lower once young adults enter adulthood. Women arrive with better capabilities from childhood and adolescence than men, but rapidly undergo a marked process of decapitalisation of capabilities during their transition to adulthood, suggesting the need for more attention in the elaboration of public policies for this type of population.

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Before Entering Adulthood: Developing an Index of Capabilities for Young Adults in Bogota

Bucheli

2019

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“…This focus on current "beings" and "doings" led to adoption of Amartya Sen's capability approach (CA), a policy initiative that argues for the individual and collective freedom to choose "what life we lead and what we can or cannot do" (Sen, 1987, p. 16) and offers a means of linking individual choice to social good. My contribution to the operationalization of this theory is detailed elsewhere (Wright, 2012a; see also Wright, 2013b for a discussion of the effects of part-time work on learning processes) but here it is important to note that the CA offers a relevant policy framework. This paper links the interview data to existing government policy.…”

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From individual choice to social good

Wright¹

2013

Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how individual choice, and the facilitation of individual choices, can be of benefit to society. To do this it selects evidence from a much broader research project that set out to study the student experience of a group of 33 women training to work in childcare (selected from a cohort of 150). Design/methodology/approach -The project employed an emergent methodology, as the researcher sought to draw out the student voice. Psychosocial interviews created detailed narratives that were analysed individually, thematically and holistically to support original theorization that was later linked to Sen's Capability Approach. Findings -In terms of this paper, the significant finding was that the pursuit of individual goals can create public good. Individual actions can lead to unplanned social payback. Social implications -In revealing some of the mechanisms that promote social cohesion and social capital development the research supports people-centred policy-making. By adopting the capability approach as a policy framework and granting people the freedom to choose, governments can create social good by enabling rather than determining individual choice. Originality/value -In evidencing the way that individual choice can promote social good, the research findings create confidence that society can evolve positively without an overarching masterplan. The research is linked to contemporary problems within society and suggests that, sometimes, indirect approaches offer solutions.

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Enhancement and constraint: student-mothers’ experiences of higher vocational education, emotion and time

Smith

2018

Cambridge Journal of Education

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Childcare, children and capability

Cited by 6 publications

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Before Entering Adulthood: Developing an Index of Capabilities for Young Adults in Bogota

Before Entering Adulthood: Developing an Index of Capabilities for Young Adults in Bogota

From individual choice to social good

Enhancement and constraint: student-mothers’ experiences of higher vocational education, emotion and time

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