tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post1648334964056465569..comments2024-03-28T07:14:01.343+00:00Comments on donpaskini: Open Left and the redistribution of powerdonpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-41516058620675662712009-07-22T21:35:29.136+00:002009-07-22T21:35:29.136+00:00That is a brilliant Debs quote.That is a brilliant Debs quote.Jakohttp://frankowenspaintbrush.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-11403526196516187832009-07-22T10:14:09.375+00:002009-07-22T10:14:09.375+00:00"Furthermore, creating 'equality of capab..."Furthermore, creating 'equality of capability' and ending discrimination are activities for a minority of policy experts to take the lead on. As a political project, it seems to involve identifying problems and barriers to people being successful, and using a variety of policy tools to remove them. In contrast, redistributing power is something which, by definition, everyone has to be involved in."<br /><br />Yes, yes, yes.<br /><br />I actually agree with Sen on capabilities, but I think of it a useful way of conceptualising poverty and bypassing tedious debates about relative vs absolute poverty. As a political project it risks giving power to a small band of people who get to decide which capabilities are important (or at best set up an administrative project where poor people get to tell middle-class people what capabilities are important and middle-class people get to synthesise their results).tim fhttp://provisionalbbc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-65041625978908798482009-07-22T09:38:19.898+00:002009-07-22T09:38:19.898+00:00V good post, Dan. we need to keep coming back to ...V good post, Dan. we need to keep coming back to power and who had it<br /><br />Will link to this.<br /><br />while i'm here<br /><br />Can you do me a post over the summer about the role of the voluntary sector, maybe vis-a-vis state capacity/control blah de blah to go on my Carnival of SocialismPaulhttp://www.bickerstafferecord.org.uknoreply@blogger.com