ISBN:
9780230508088
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (330 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I The New Equality Agenda -- 1 New Challenges to an Unequal World -- An unequal world -- Responses to inequality -- Equality Studies as a response to inequality -- Guide to the rest of this book -- 2 Dimensions of Equality: A Framework for Theory and Action -- The idea of equality -- Basic equality -- Liberal egalitarianism -- Equality of condition -- Applying the framework to social groups -- 3 The Centrality of Equality: Equality and Other Values -- Aspects of equality -- Freedom and equality -- Equality, solidarity and community -- Equality and the environment -- Genuine conflicts between equality and other values -- 4 Contexts of Egalitarian Change: Social Systems and Social Groups -- Social systems within which inequality is generated -- Interactions between the key systems -- Locating the generative causes of inequality across social groups -- Implications for policy and politics -- Part II Putting Equality into Practice -- 5 Towards Economic Equality -- Economic inequality: a glance -- Economic perspectives on equality -- Economic inequality and economic growth: theory and evidence -- The equality-efficiency trade-off: theory and evidence -- Routes to greater economic equality -- 6 The Challenge of Participatory Democracy -- Basic principles -- Participatory democracy -- Obstacles to participatory democracy -- Overcoming the intrinsic obstacles -- Overcoming the transitional obstacles -- 7 Equality, the Legal System and Employment Law -- How the legal system reinforces inequality -- Making the system more egalitarian -- Workplace anti-discrimination laws -- Towards equality of condition in employment -- 8 Equality and Education -- Why equality in education matters -- Four major equality problems in education.
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