ABSTRACT

The idea of the capacity to aspire (CtA) has recently been used in attempts to incorporate cultural and psychological factors into political and economic theories of community development. When integrated with capabilities and capital assets approaches, CtA can be used to explain psychological and cultural development traps, but may be incomplete in its formulation. Through a theoretical discussion and a case study in a post disaster situation, we show that the integration of strain theory can make CtA more meaningful, nuanced, and powerful in its framing of community development processes. We suggest that this integrated theory offers a more thorough understanding of the cultural political economy of development, and a richer trajectory for future research and practice than does CtA theory alone.

摘要

渴望能力 (CtA) 的概念最近被用于将文化和心理因素纳入社区发展的政治和经济理论中。当与能力和资本资产方法相结合时，CtA 可用于解释心理和文化发展陷阱，但其表述可能不完整。通过灾后情况下的理论讨论和案例研究，我们表明应变理论的整合可以使 CtA 在其社区发展过程的框架中更有意义、更细致、更强大。我们认为，与单​​独的 CtA 理论相比，这种综合理论可以更透彻地理解发展的文化政治经济学，并为未来的研究和实践提供更丰富的轨迹。