…ork, 11-12am Buenos Aires 3-4pm London, 7.30-8.30pm New Delhi This webinar shares the results of a research project conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UP) of Palermo University (Argentina) dedicated to understanding and describing the views of children between 8 and 12 years old living in different contexts of the Metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. Starting from the theoretical introduction on children-security and capability a…
Book Launch: The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village
…privileges are inherited and social mobility constrained? The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village answers this question by analysing the intersections between caste, class and education, and argues that capabilities—that is, the competence or life skills one acquires through education—are socially constructed and not an inherent trait of the individual. L. N. Venkataraman is a Faculty at the Department of Policy Studies in TERI…