A Relational Account of Nussbaum's List of Capabilities

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dc.authorscopusid37063907000
dc.contributor.authorUyan?Semerci, P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:16:59Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:16:59Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractNussbaum's capabilities approach is based on a universalistic account of central human functionings. She claims that if central human capabilities are located within a particular kind of political liberalism, then they can become specific political goals and the object of an overlapping consensus among people who otherwise have very different comprehensive conceptions of the good. This paper reconsiders these arguments on the basis of fieldwork conducted among migrant women living in squatter settlements of Istanbul. By going through Nussbaum's list of central human capabilities, I elaborate their relevance in terms of the existing, stated and desired capabilities of these women. In doing so, I underline the importance of thinking about capabilities in relational terms and challenge the concept “autonomous agency”. I also demonstrate the (im)possibility of separating the political and non?political realms, particularly in issues regarding religion and family, and argue for the need to redefine the boundaries of the political within the capability framework. © 2007, Copyright United Nations Development Programme.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTürkiye Bilimler Akademisien_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author acknowledges the support of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA?BDBP) and would like to express her sincere gratitude to her Ph.D. advisers, Prof. Dr Ilkay Sunar and Prof. Dr Mine Eder, to Nalan Turkeli, Kadriye and to all the women of Umraniye?Ihlamurkuyu who participated the research. This paper is a revised version of the paper presented at the 5th International Capability Conference ‘Knowledge and Public Action: Education, Responsibility, Collective Agency, Equity’, Paris, UNESCO, 11–14 September 2005. The author also would like to thank Ayten Gundogdu, Elif T. Turnalar, Özlem Altan, the editors of this special issue and the two anonymous referees for their helpful suggestions and comments.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author acknowledges the support of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA?BDBP) and would like to express her sincere gratitude to her Ph.D. advisers, Prof. Dr Ilkay Sunar and Prof. Dr Mine Eder, to Nalan Turkeli, Kadriye and to all the women of Umraniye?Ihlamurkuyu who participated the research. This paper is a revised version of the paper presented at the 5th International Capability Conference ‘Knowledge and Public Action: Education, Responsibility, Collective Agency, Equity’, Paris, UNESCO, 11–14 September 2005. The author also would like to thank Ayten Gundogdu, Elif T. Turnalar, Özlem Altan, the editors of this special issue and the two anonymous referees for their helpful suggestions and comments.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14649880701371034
dc.identifier.endpage221en_US
dc.identifier.issn1469-9516
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85044799653en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14649880701371034
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/6349
dc.identifier.volume8en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Human Developmenten_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAgencyen_US
dc.subjectCapabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectFamilyen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Liberalismen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.titleA Relational Account of Nussbaum's List of Capabilitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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