This editorial introduces readers to the Capability Approach to career guidance. It outlines the origins of the approach in the work of economist Amartya Sen, and explains some of its key concepts. The Capability Approach offers a way to think about freedom, justice and well-being that has great relevance to the concerns of career guidance. A brief summary is provided of scholarship adapting the Capability Approach for application to career research, policy and practice. Finally, the four papers in the special section (Egdell & Robertson; Joncas & Pilote; Skovhus; Fuertes et al.) are introduced.

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职业指导能力方法特别部分的介绍

这篇社论向读者介绍了职业指导的能力方法。它概述了经济学家阿马蒂亚·森 (Amartya Sen) 工作中这种方法的起源，并解释了它的一些关键概念。能力方法提供了一种思考自由、正义和幸福的方法，这与职业指导的关注点密切相关。简要总结了将能力方法应用于职业研究、政策和实践的奖学金。最后介绍了特刊中的四篇论文（Egdell & Robertson; Joncas & Pilote; Skovhus; Fuertes et al.）。