Difference Without Domination
Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies
Published on 30. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-226-68122-1 (ISBN)
Description
Around the globe, democracy appears broken. With political and socioeconomic inequality on the rise, we are faced with the urgent question of how to better distribute power, opportunity, and wealth in diverse modern societies. This volume confronts the dilemma head-on, exploring new ways to combat current social hierarchies of domination.
Using examples from the United States, India, Germany, and Cameroon, the contributors offer paradigm-changing approaches to the concepts of justice, identity, and social groups while also taking a fresh look at the idea that the demographic make-up of institutions should mirror the make-up of a populace as a whole. After laying out the conceptual framework, the volume turns to a number of provocative topics, among them the pernicious tenacity of implicit bias, the logical contradictions inherent to the idea of universal human dignity, and the paradoxes and problems surrounding affirmative action. A stimulating blend of empirical and interpretive analyses, Difference without Domination urges us to reconsider the idea of representation and to challenge what it means to measure equality and inequality.
Using examples from the United States, India, Germany, and Cameroon, the contributors offer paradigm-changing approaches to the concepts of justice, identity, and social groups while also taking a fresh look at the idea that the demographic make-up of institutions should mirror the make-up of a populace as a whole. After laying out the conceptual framework, the volume turns to a number of provocative topics, among them the pernicious tenacity of implicit bias, the logical contradictions inherent to the idea of universal human dignity, and the paradoxes and problems surrounding affirmative action. A stimulating blend of empirical and interpretive analyses, Difference without Domination urges us to reconsider the idea of representation and to challenge what it means to measure equality and inequality.
Reviews / Votes
"Difference without Domination is an ambitious volume that aims to reconfigure the discourses on democracy, egalitarianism, and justice in an increasingly diverse world. This brilliant volume has the potential to transform profoundly how we comprehend democracy and difference, and it promises visions of egalitarian futures devoid of domination." -- Neil Roberts, Williams College "Difference without Domination is a unique contribution to an emerging literature on how ideas about democracy affect, and are affected by, concepts and practices pertaining to equality, egalitarianism, and domination. The contributors range from the disciplines of history, philosophy, economics, to political science, psychology, and brain sciences, forging encounters and dialogue across boundaries to assess the aforementioned concepts and their capacity to interrogate domination as lived experience. Allen and Somanathan have performed a service in encouraging and framing what are often-in academic and in daily life-difficult conversations." -- Michael G. Hanchard, University of Pennsylvania "Eleven papers explore how social diversity, especially race, should inform thinking about both justice and democracy, providing the bases for new and complementary paradigms for both normative and positive engagements with issues of injustice and inequality. Papers discuss how difference without domination should replace, or at least supplement, the Rawlsian difference principle in the social and economic realms." * Journal of Economic Literature *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-68122-1 (9780226681221)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. The recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, she is the author or coeditor of many books, including Education and Equality, From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age, and Education, Justice, and Democracy, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Rohini Somanathan is professor of economics at the Delhi School of Economics.
Content
Introduction
Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan
Part I?Difference without Domination
1 * A New Theory of Justice: Difference without Domination
Danielle Allen
2 * Race, Domination, and Republicanism
Melvin Rogers
Part II?Relations before Transactions: New Approaches to Inequality, Justice, and Dignity
3 * Crime and Punishment in a Divided Society
Rajiv Sethi
4 * The Psychology of Implicit Intergroup Bias and the Prospect of Change
Calvin Lai and Mahzarin Banaji
5 * Human Dignity and Modern Democracies
Ajume Wingo
6 * Relations before Transactions: A Personal Plea
Glenn Loury
Part III?The Limits of Mirroring: New Approaches to Representation, Measurement, and Membership
7 * Overrepresentation: Asian Americans and the Conundrums of Statistical Mirroring
Ellen D. Wu
8 * Second-Order Diversity: An Exploration of Decentralization's Egalitarian Possibilities
Heather Gerken
9 * Contributing to a Society of Equals: Affirmative Action beyond the "Distributive Paradigm"
Urs Lindner
10 * The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Difference
Rohini Somanathan
11 * Immigration, Membership, and Justice: On the Right to Bring Others into the Polity
Claudio Lopez-Guerra
Conclusion: Redefining Integration
Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan
Index
Author Bios
Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan
Part I?Difference without Domination
1 * A New Theory of Justice: Difference without Domination
Danielle Allen
2 * Race, Domination, and Republicanism
Melvin Rogers
Part II?Relations before Transactions: New Approaches to Inequality, Justice, and Dignity
3 * Crime and Punishment in a Divided Society
Rajiv Sethi
4 * The Psychology of Implicit Intergroup Bias and the Prospect of Change
Calvin Lai and Mahzarin Banaji
5 * Human Dignity and Modern Democracies
Ajume Wingo
6 * Relations before Transactions: A Personal Plea
Glenn Loury
Part III?The Limits of Mirroring: New Approaches to Representation, Measurement, and Membership
7 * Overrepresentation: Asian Americans and the Conundrums of Statistical Mirroring
Ellen D. Wu
8 * Second-Order Diversity: An Exploration of Decentralization's Egalitarian Possibilities
Heather Gerken
9 * Contributing to a Society of Equals: Affirmative Action beyond the "Distributive Paradigm"
Urs Lindner
10 * The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Difference
Rohini Somanathan
11 * Immigration, Membership, and Justice: On the Right to Bring Others into the Polity
Claudio Lopez-Guerra
Conclusion: Redefining Integration
Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan
Index
Author Bios