Community Psychology and the Capabilities Approach.
What makes for a good life? The capabilities approach to this question has much to offer community psychology, particularly with respect to marginalized groups. Capabilities are freedoms to engage in valued social activities and roles-what people can do and be given both their capacities, and enviro...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 55; no. 3/4; pp. 243 - 253 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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