Rethinking Equality: The Challenge of Equal Citizenship by Chris Armstrong (Engl

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Although formally equal, relations between citizens are actually characterised by many and varied forms of inequality. Rethinking Equality provides a clear, critical and very up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories.

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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 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. -- .

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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 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.

Author Biography

Chris Armstrong is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart one – A critique of liberal equality1. The troubled life of social citizenship: Rawls on equality2. Equality, risk and responsibility: Dworkin on the insurance market3. Equality versus social inclusion?Part two – Alternatives: equality and citizenship4. Equality and responsibility: towards a more critical union?5. Opportunities, outcomes and democratic citizenship: Young and Phillips on equality6. Equalities: recognition, redistribution and citizenship 7. Equality and citizenship in global contextConclusion

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Although formally equal, relations between citizens are actually characterised by many and varied forms of inequality.

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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 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. -- .

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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 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.

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Accessible and comprehensive, this book provides a clear, critical and up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories, including the work of Rawls, Dworkin and the luck egalitarians, Anne Phillips, Iris Young and Nancy Fraser. Relates egalitarian theories to contemporary political (and especially citizenship) practice, assessing them in relation to the impact of neoliberalism on contemporary welfare states, and the shift from 'social' to 'active' forms of citizenship. Focuses on four key issues in political theory: the recognition / redistribution debate, the connection between equality and responsibility, the ideal of equal opportunities, and the significance of 'globalisation' for the politics of equal citizenship. Essential reading for students of contemporary political theory.

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Details ISBN0719069254 Author Chris Armstrong Publisher Manchester University Press Year 2006 ISBN-10 0719069254 ISBN-13 9780719069253 Format Paperback Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle The Challenge of Equal Citizenship Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 320.01 Short Title RETHINKING EQUALITY Language English Media Book Pages 232 Affiliation University of Southampton, UK University of Southampton University of Series Reappraising the Political Publication Date 2006-06-30 DOI 10.1604/9780719069253 UK Release Date 2006-06-30 NZ Release Date 2006-06-30 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2006-06-29 We've got this

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