Identifying and Measuring Capabilities for Career Development in Neet Young People

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ID2634235
AuthorsPeter J Robertson (0000-0002-2152-4618, Edinburgh Napier University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume47
Issue2
Pages83-99
Publication date2016-12-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRecherches Sociologiques (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1782-1592 • E-ISSN: 2033-7485
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/rsa.1738
OpenAlexW2618430182
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited42

Amartya Sen's Capability Approach offers great potential as a conceptual fra­mework for promoting social justice and well-being through economic and edu­cational engagement. Yet the capability approach presents researchers with for­midable difficulties, not least because it is intentionally left incomplete, and little guidance is available on its application. It is therefore necessary to make choices in order to apply the approach to a specific context. This paper will introduce the issue of social justice in a career development context, and metho­dological challenges in researching capabilities. It will attempt to provide a rationale for methodological choices in four stages. Firstly, the choice of epistemology and ontology ; secondly, choices of level of analysis and disciplinary perspective ; thirdly, the choice of research methods. An example of career development with disadvantaged NEET young people (not in employment, education or training) in the United Kingdom will be considered

Capability approach · Disadvantaged · Discipline · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Management science · Ontology · Political science · Social justice · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Artificial Intelligence

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