“…Capabilities are conceptualized as substantive abilities to function in desirable ways in the prevailing physical, institutional, legal, economic, and social contexts of individuals' lives, and the CA is well attuned to the ways in which forms of difference (such as gender, poverty, and ability) interact with nuances of these contexts. The CA's focus on equality, context, and opportunities to develop capabilities to function in ways essential to living well have made it an important focus of liberal educational theory in recent years (Brando, 2023;Hart and Brando, 2018;Terzi, 2008;Terzi et al, 2023;Unterhalter, 2003Unterhalter, , 2016Unterhalter et al, 2022;Walker, 2020;Walker and Unterhalter, 2007).…”