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Autore |
Armstrong Chris |
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Rethinking equality [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge of equal citizenship / / Chris Armstrong |
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Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-612-5 |
1-78170-128-8 |
1-84779-201-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Reappraising the political |
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Soggetti |
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Political science |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I: A CRITIQUE OF LIBERAL EQUALITY; 1 The troubled life of social citizenship: Rawls on equality; 2 Equality, risk and responsibility: Dworkin on the insurance market; 3 Equality versus social inclusion?; II: ALTERNATIVES: EQUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP; 4 Equality and responsibility: towards a more critical union?; 5 Opportunities, outcomes and democratic citizenship: Young and Phillips on equality; 6 Equalities: recognition, redistribution and citizenship; 7 Equality and citizenship in global perspective; Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G |
HI; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 very up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories. Unusually, it also relates these theories to contemporary political practice, assessing them i |
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