No Voice, No Choice Assessing Danish Active Labour Market Policies Using Sen’s Capability Approach

• Published in: Work, employment and society Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 178 - 188
• Main Authors: Fernandez-Urbano, Roger, Orton, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Inc 01.02.2021; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Commodification; Labor market; Research design; Research Note; social policy; capabilities; labour market; wellbeing; Denmark; activation; unemployed

Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) are the subject of ongoing interest, which has included the framing of ALMPs as the re-commodification of labour. It has also been argued that Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) offers the potential to reconsider ALMPs from a more progressive viewpoint – so, is this...