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14 - Measuring the independence of ‘dependent’ persons based on the capability approach

from Part III - Social Choice and Capabilities in Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2024

By
Hideyuki Kobayashi  and
Reiko Gotoh
Edited by
Flavio Comim ,
P. B. Anand  and
Shailaja Fennell
Flavio Comim
Affiliation:
Universitat Ramon Llull
P. B. Anand
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Shailaja Fennell
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Summary

This chapter is an attempt to formulate an individual capability to live independently, by shedding light on patients who live at home and use home caring services. Theoretically, if all individuals have the same resources and the same utilization ability, then we can assume that they have the same capability sets, from which each individual can choose any functionings vector based on his or her diverse evaluation functions. With this theory in mind, the authors first design a questionnaire to measure the effectivity of nursing services in terms of patients’ achievements of functionings, which are relevant for ‘independence’. Second, the chapter estimates the frontiers of capability sets of individuals with the same resources and the same utilization ability, by plotting and connecting their dispersed functioning vectors. This chapter does not explicitly mention individual evaluation functions themselves but, interestingly, the ‘fractal structure’ of capabilities implicitly indicates individuals own conceptions of independent lives.

Keywords

Individual capability formulationcapability frontier estimationfractal structure of capabilityindependent lives
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Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities , pp. 305 - 322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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