Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach
Understanding disability as a social phenomenon opened up the way for disability studies and social justice theories to mutually benefit from each other. One of the most significant recent advancements in the field of social justice has been the capability approach (CA) of Amartya Sen. The present p...
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| description | Understanding disability as a social phenomenon opened up the way for disability studies and social justice theories to mutually benefit from each other. One of the most significant recent advancements in the field of social justice has been the capability approach (CA) of Amartya Sen. The present paper builds on the CA to analyse disability form a social justice perspective. We argue that the CA provides several advantages when conceptualizing disability and furthering justice for disabled people. The objective of the paper is to develop a framework for analysis on the basis of the CA and to apply it through the case of D/deaf and hardof- hearing children and their carers in Szeged, Hungary. We demonstrate that the advancement of justice occurs through the scrutiny and comparison of feasible alternatives instead of arguing for principles or institutional guarantees of perfectly just societies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5310b078ec44e0f9b23f63cafc443162022-12-22T03:58:51ZengSciendoStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia2066-04642022-06-01671698410.2478/subbs-2022-0003Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability ApproachBajmócy Zoltán0Mihók Barbara1Gébert Judit2University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Research Centre, HungaryUniversity of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Research Centre, HungaryUniversity of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Research Centre, HungaryUnderstanding disability as a social phenomenon opened up the way for disability studies and social justice theories to mutually benefit from each other. One of the most significant recent advancements in the field of social justice has been the capability approach (CA) of Amartya Sen. The present paper builds on the CA to analyse disability form a social justice perspective. We argue that the CA provides several advantages when conceptualizing disability and furthering justice for disabled people. The objective of the paper is to develop a framework for analysis on the basis of the CA and to apply it through the case of D/deaf and hardof- hearing children and their carers in Szeged, Hungary. We demonstrate that the advancement of justice occurs through the scrutiny and comparison of feasible alternatives instead of arguing for principles or institutional guarantees of perfectly just societies.https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2022-0003disabilitysocial justicecapability approachd/deaf and hard-of-hearing |
| spellingShingle | Bajmócy Zoltán Mihók Barbara Gébert Judit Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia disability social justice capability approach d/deaf and hard-of-hearing |
| title | Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach |
| title_full | Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach |
| title_fullStr | Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach |
| title_short | Furthering Social Justice for Disabled People. A Framework Based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach |
| title_sort | furthering social justice for disabled people a framework based on amartya sen s capability approach |
| topic | disability social justice capability approach d/deaf and hard-of-hearing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2022-0003 |
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