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Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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  1. Capability as informational basis for work and employment politics – a European research experience

    …an integrated Project. In CAPRIGHT (Resources, Rights and Capabilities: In search of social foundations for Europe, (2007-2010) 24 partners from 13 European countries shared their work on capability–related concepts to inform European labour policies and work practices – understood in a wide sense and comprising services and regulation in the fields of work, employment, vocational training, work arrangements and collective action. Five capability…

    HDCA Webinar 2021 Work and Employment HDCA Videos
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  2. Call for Submissions: International Workshop on Empowerment, capacity and capability (Berlin)

    …which is not only formal, but finds its way in concrete settings and life stories. What does it mean for someone to carry on a project and come to terms with one’s environment (Dewey, 1935, 1939)? What can pragmatism teach us about the dialectics of action, choice, habits and agency? Fourth, pragmatists have stressed that our capabilities to act depend on the kind of “organized intelligence” (Dewey, 1927) we can rely on and the material resources…

  3. Reimagining labour law through the lived experiences and collective strength of women beedi workers

    …te into protection? These questions became the foundation of my doctoral research. From memory to inquiry My PhD explores the lived realities of women beedi workers in northern Telangana—how labour law manifests (or fails to) in their lives, and how they respond collectively. Using an intersectional feminist lens, I conducted a 10-month mixed-methods study: a survey of 320 women, 60 semi-structured interviews, two focus group discussions with unio…

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