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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"functionings"”.
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The influence of mobile payments on the choices and functionings of Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) entrepreneurs in Lesotho
Background: This study explores the significance of ICT on the capabilities of unbanked MSE entrepreneurs in Lesotho. MSE entrepreneurs are the primary source of income for their families, especially in the context of developing countries. Accordingly, MSEs are fundamental instruments for economic …
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Exploring beginner teachers' perceptions of school support to enhance their capability sets in relation to teacher education policy
… "Freedoms", "Unfreedoms", "Capabilities" and "Functionings" (Sen 1992). These elements were used to understand the nature of beginner teachers' competences and the impact of policy on their performance. In this regard, the achievement of quality learning outcomes concerning the basic …
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Health and justice: the capability to be healthy.
… of basic and inter-related capabilities and functionings. Such a cluster of capabilities and functionings is in line with Martha Nussbaum’s central human capabilities. A theory of causation and distribution of health capability is put forward that integrates the “classic” biomedical factors …
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A Senian approach to the relationship between the natural environment and the distribution of welfare: a new perspective on inequality measurement and choice
… in terms of the metrics of capabilities and functionings. Underlying the purpose of the thesis is the premise that the particular approach taken to inequality measurement and individual choice analysis is significant to how the distribution of the welfare dimension of the natural environment …
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Menstrual Health and Hygiene and Adolescent Pregnancy in the Rorya District: A Case Study of Two Health Education Interventions in Rural Tanzania
… of this study. This approach focuses on human functionings and capabilities. In this study, functionings refers to adolescent girls having the in-depth knowledge needed to properly practice menstrual health and hygiene. Capabilities refers to adolescent girls possessing the ability to apply …
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Living Together: A Capability Approach to Spatially Segregated Areas of Bogota
… how patterns of urban segregation affect urban functionings, and quantify to what extent microsegregation explains differentials in capability achievement of quality of life among young adults in Bogota.
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Explanations of the Success of Science
… scientific framework is a reference to mental functionings. This being so, an explanation such a Boyd's ceases to be viable, as an approximately accurate picture of the external world would presumably be free of reference to mental functioning. I thus attempt to provide a plausible explanation …
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The Natural Environment and local perceptions of poverty, well-being and justice in a Mexican fishing community. Gaps and bridges between local perceptions and national metrics
… as an enabler of a wide array of valuable life functionings. Based on this evidence, the thesis proposes a hybrid approach that encompasses the incorporation of a set of Environmental Primary Goods (EPGs) within the current multidimensional poverty measure and the creation of an environmental …
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Luck Egalitarianism and Democratic Equality
… citizens with the necessary capabilities and functionings needed in order for them to function as free and equal citizens. In this thesis I argue that Anderson's critique of luck egalitarianism, although successful against the standard luck egalitarian view, does not undermine a weaker version …
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'A fertile functioning or corrosive disadvantage': adult reflections on placement in low 'ability' groups in non-selective post-primary schools in Northern Ireland
… disadvantage' which mutilated participants' functionings and stunted capabilities, affecting both self-concept and life chances. The findings suggest that serious educational inequity is created by allocation to allow ability group.<br/>
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The impact of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) education in Zambia
… factors impact student capabilities and functionings enabled by ERP education. The Zambian context which restricts higher salaries and employment prospects is evident. Study 2 inductively investigated the course outcomes of ERP education and the contextual factors that impact ERP …
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From Neglect to Opportunity: Revitalizing a neglected coastline through adaptive reuse architecture that unites and celebrates
… architecture . Fabricating divers e spaces and functionings to excite the everyday, all the while planting the seed of versatility for the future, allowing the structure to grow and adapt with each new generation of use. The common theme of conscious design is achieved by maintaining the …
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Aspirations and capabilities: the design and analysis of an action research project in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
… In 2010 I assessed the women’s increase in functionings and capabilities by taking note of actions taken towards achieving their aspirations, and in 2012 I recorded seven interviews on the rural-urban dynamics in their lives. The main findings of the household survey are given in a separate …
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PATH to a ‘better’ life? Exploring the influence of conditional assistance from the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) on the lives of its beneficiaries in Jamaica
… lens of beneficiaries’ capabilities, agency and functionings, and maintaining a focus on facilitative or harmful conversion factors, facilitated a more in-depth exploration of the nature and extent of PATH’s influence. Importantly, it also enabled differential influences on parents and children …
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Factors affecting how the youth in the townships use internet to seek employment: case of a township in Cape Town
… (conversion factors, freedom, capabilities and functionings) employed by Alampay (2006) in his model, this study operationalised the Alampay (2006) CA model by adding the ICT commodities as the fifth construct. The CA was chosen as an appropriate framework for this study because the framework …
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Economic development and women empowerment in Zamimpilo art and craft co-operative
… is analysed in terms of the core concepts of functionings and capability, thus the CA focuses directly on the quality of life that individuals are actually able to achieve. The Capability Approach proposed that the most vital thing to deliberate when valuing well-being is what people are …
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The Environmental Justice Implications of the Planning Policy and Practice of Flood Risk Management in New Zealand
… approach to justice, would focus on the functionings people actually achieve rather than the opportunities. This calls for removing aggregations to look at the capabilities of individuals and communities to manage and respond to their flood risk. Judgements on planning initiatives need to …
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The Hidden Population: Familial Relationships and Social Supports Upon Parental Incarceration
… in restoring or the building up of familial functionings. Both informal and formal sources of support would ultimately strengthen these vulnerable family units and equip them with necessary resources to be resilient in times of stress and crisis such as that of incarceration.
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Stakeholders' voices : A socio-cultural approach to describing and extending an understanding of primary education in Mauritius
… with Mauritian primary educational processes and functionings. The research was conceptualised on the premise that, as a social construction, Mauritian primary education was to be understood in its social milieu but also was located and had to be understood in the broader context of national and …
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Applying the capabilities approach in economic development
… meaningful analysis through the examination of functionings and capabilities. In formulating means of appraising the projects using the CA, the expectations of the participants, with respect to what they see as valuable, is central. Finding out the ambitions and aspirations that are important to …
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