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Rethinking equality

Rethinking equality
Rethinking equality
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
0719069254
Manchester University Press
Armstrong, Chris
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Armstrong, Chris
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Armstrong, Chris (2006) Rethinking equality (Reappraising the Political), Manchester. Manchester University Press, 256pp.

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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

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Published date: 6 June 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 34921
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34921
ISBN: 0719069254
PURE UUID: c7fbecad-3287-4995-acc2-8338c31669b5
ORCID for Chris Armstrong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-5316

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Date deposited: 15 May 2006
Last modified: 12 Dec 2021 03:32

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