Rethinking equality
Armstrong, Chris (2006) Rethinking equality, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 256pp. (Reappraising the Political).
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Description/Abstract
Although formally equal, relations between citizens are actually characterised by many and varied forms of inequality. Do contemporary theories of equality provide an adequate response to the inequalities that afflict contemporary societies? And what is the connection between theories of equality and the contemporary politics of citizenship? Accessible and comprehensive, Rethinking equality provides a clear, critical and up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories.
Unusually, it also relates these theories to contemporary political practice, assessing them in relation to the impact of neoliberalism on contemporary welfare states, and the shift from ‘social’ to ‘active’ forms of citizenship. As well as representing a significant intervention within academic debates on equality and citizenship, this book represents essential reading for students of contemporary political theory.
Contents
Introduction
Part One - A critique of liberal equality
1. The troubled life of social citizenship: Rawls on equality
2. Equality, risk and responsibility: Dworkin on the insurance markets
3. Equality versus social inclusion
Part Two - Alternatives: equality and citizenship
4. Equality and responsibility: towards a more critical union
5. Opportunities, outcomes and democratic citizenship: Young and Philips on equality
6. Equalities: recognition, redistribution and citizenship
7. Equality and citizenship in global context
Conclusion
| Item Type: | Book |
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| ISBNs: | 0719069254 (paperback) 0719069246 (hardback) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Politics and International Relations |
| Item ID: | 34921 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:47 |
| Contributors: | Armstrong, Chris (Author) |
| Date: | 6 June 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34921 |
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