Inequality of what? Social exclusion in the e-society as capability deprivation
Inequality of what? Social exclusion in the e-society as capability deprivation
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什么不平等？
DOI：
10.1108/09593840810896000
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发表时间：
2008
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通讯作者：
G. Walsham
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作者：
Yingqin Zheng;G. Walsham
目的-这篇论文的目的是从人类发展的角度来参与关于电子社会中社会排斥的辩论，这超越了技术产品和服务分配的不平等，强调了与获取和使用信息相关的选择，选择和机会。它借鉴了Sen的能力方法（CA），将电子社会中的社会排斥概念化为福祉和代理自由方面的能力剥夺。本文采用了一个关于能力剥夺的核心问题的框架，对南非和中国的两项实证研究进行了分析。这两项研究旨在说明社会排斥在不同的“空间”中表现为能力剥夺。强调“不利的包容性”，可以掩盖技术扩散。研究限制/影响-本文是…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to engage with the debate on social exclusion in the e‐society from the human development perspective, which goes beyond inequality in distribution of technological goods and services to emphasise the options, choice and opportunities related to accessing and using information.Design/methodology/approach – This is an interpretivist study. It draws on Sen's capability approach (CA) to conceptualise social exclusion in the e‐society as capability deprivation, both in well‐being and agency freedom. A framework of the core aspects of the CA is used to analyse two empirical studies in South Africa and China which serve to illustrate social exclusion manifested as capability deprivation in different “spaces”.Findings – The paper demonstrates the relational features of social exclusion and different types of capability deprivation in e‐society; highlights “unfavourable inclusion” which can be masked by technological diffusion.Research limitations/implications – This paper i...