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Capacities, connections, capital and capabilities: considering bioecological and electrical engineering perspectives

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Linda De George-Walker, K Matthews, Patrick DanaherPatrick Danaher
Conceptualising and contextualising capacities are complex and contentious processes. This chapter charts possible courses through the maze of terminology, theories and techniques associated with the principles and practices of capacity-building across an array of scholarly disciplines and spheres of employment. Specifically the authors consider how multidisciplinary intersections among four key concepts–capacities, connections, capital and capabilities–are manifested in bioecological and electrical engineering models of capacity-building. The chapter also examines how identified convergences and divergences between the models simultaneously encapsulate wider debates about building capacities and constitute a rigorous and viable direction for enhancing existing approaches to conceptualising and contextualising this field of scholarship.

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31

End Page

50

Number of Pages

20

ISBN-13

9781443841795

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Place of Publication

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  • No

External Author Affiliations

Central Queensland University QCQU; Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health; Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC); University of Southern Queensland;

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  • Yes

Number of Chapters

14

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