Owens, JohnEntwistle, VikkiCraven, Luke KConradie, Ina2021-06-182021-06-182022-03-16Owens, J, Entwistle, V, Craven, L K & Conradie, I 2022, 'Understanding and investigating relationality in the capability approach', Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 86-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.123100021-8308ORCID: /0000-0002-0856-4025/work/95953655https://hdl.handle.net/2164/16694Acknowledgements The idea for this paper arose when the authors met during the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) conference in Washington (2015). Aspects of the work were presented at subsequent HDCA conferences in Cape Town (2017) and London (2019) and at the International Association for Critical Realism conference in Southampton (2019). The authors appreciate helpful comments from participants, especially Erik Jansen, Gareth Wall, Jonathan Gross, Nick Wilson, Su-Ming Khoo, Margaret Archer and Tony Lawson. Insights for the case study were generated in large part during projects funded by the Chief Scientist Office for Scotland (CZG 2 425 led by Phyllis Easton), The Australian Research Council (DP140103863), The Health Foundation (7209), and in conversation with Vivian Zilo, founder of the Iliso Care Society, Khayelitsha, Cape Town. We would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments Funding information: Chief Scientist Office, Grant/Award Number: CZG 2 425; Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: DP140103863; The Health Foundation, Grant/Award Number: 720919351362engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingcapability approachcapabilitiescomplexitycritical realismhermeneuticsontologysocial theoryRA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive MedicineChief Scientist Office (CSO)CZG 2 425RA0421Journal article10.1111/jtsb.12310521