
Rethinking Equality
The Challenge of Equal Citizenship
Chris Armstrong(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 30. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7190-6925-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 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.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10, Reduced inequalities -- .
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10, Reduced inequalities -- .
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-6925-3 (9780719069253)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
07/2013
Manchester University Press
€23.49
Available for download
Person
Chris Armstrong is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton -- .
Content
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 market
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 Phillips on equality
6. Equalities: recognition, redistribution and citizenship
7. Equality and citizenship in global context
Conclusion -- .
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 market
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 Phillips on equality
6. Equalities: recognition, redistribution and citizenship
7. Equality and citizenship in global context
Conclusion -- .