Structural Injustice

Author : Madison Powers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019005400X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Injustice written by Madison Powers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an account of well-being. Their well-being account provides the foundation for human rights, explains the depth of unfairness of systematic patterns of disadvantage, and locates the unfairness of power relations in forms of control some groups have over the well-being of other groups. They explain how human rights violations and structurally unfair patterns of power and advantage are so often interconnected. Unlike theories of structural injustice tailored for largely benign social processes, Powers and Faden's theory addresses typical patterns of structural injustice-those in which the wrongful conduct of identifiable agents creates or sustains mutually reinforcing forms of injustice. These patterns exist both within nation-states and across national boundaries. However, this theory rejects the claim that for a structural theory to be broadly applicable both within and across national boundaries its central claims must be universally endorsable. Instead, Powers and Faden find support for their theory in examples of structural injustice around the world, and in the insights and perspectives of related social movements. Their theory also differs from approaches that make enhanced democratic decision-making or the global extension of republican institutions the centerpiece of proposed remedies. Instead, the theory focuses on justifiable forms of resistance in circumstances in which institutions are unwilling or unable to address pressing problems of injustice. The insights developed in Structural Injustice will interest not only scholars and students in a range of disciplines from political philosophy to feminist theory and environmental justice, but also activists and journalists engaged with issues of social justice.

Author : Alasia Nuti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108419941
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Injustice and the Reproduction of History written by Alasia Nuti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develops a new account of historical injustice and redress, demonstrating why a consideration of history is crucial for gender equality.

Author : Teena Gabrielson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191508411
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory written by Teena Gabrielson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set at the intersection of political theory and environmental politics, yet with broad engagement across the environmental social sciences and humanities, The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory, defines, illustrates, and challenges the field of environmental political theory (EPT). Featuring contributions from distinguished political scientists working in this field, this volume addresses canonical theorists and contemporary environmental problems with a diversity of theoretical approaches. The initial volume focuses on EPT as a field of inquiry, engaging both traditions of political thought and the academy. In the second section, the handbook explores conceptualizations of nature and the environment, as well as the nature of political subjects, communities, and boundaries within our environments. A third section addresses the values that motivate environmental theorists—including justice, responsibility, rights, limits, and flourishing—and the potential conflicts that can emerge within, between, and against these ideals. The final section examines the primary structures that constrain or enable the achievement of environmental ends, as well as theorizations of environmental movements, citizenship, and the potential for on-going environmental action and change.

Author : Thomas Christiano
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781444310382
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy written by Thomas Christiano and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers and political theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of the most fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy, including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value of democracy, identity and political neutrality. Presents fresh debates on six of the fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays written by eminent scholars Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, invites the reader to participate in the exchange of arguments and paves the way for further discussion Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in political philosophy, whilst also capturing the imagination of professional philosophers Offers the unique opportunity to observe leading philosophers engaging in head-to-head debate

Author : Iris Marion Young
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019988935X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responsibility for Justice written by Iris Marion Young and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the noted political philosopher Iris Marion Young died in 2006, her death was mourned as the passing of "one of the most important political philosophers of the past quarter-century" (Cass Sunstein) and as an important and innovative thinker working at the conjunction of a number of important topics: global justice; democracy and difference; continental political theory; ethics and international affairs; and gender, race and public policy. In her long-awaited Responsibility for Justice, Young discusses our responsibilities to address "structural" injustices in which we among many are implicated (but for which we not to blame), often by virtue of participating in a market, such as buying goods produced in sweatshops, or participating in booming housing markets that leave many homeless. Young argues that addressing these structural injustices requires a new model of responsibility, which she calls the "social connection" model. She develops this idea by clarifying the nature of structural injustice; developing the notion of political responsibility for injustice and how it differs from older ideas of blame and guilt; and finally how we can then use this model to describe our responsibilities to others no matter who we are and where we live. With a foreward by Martha C. Nussbaum, this last statement by a revered and highly influential thinker will be of great interest to political theorists and philosophers, ethicists, and feminist and political philosophers.

Author : Catherine Lu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108420117
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics written by Catherine Lu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how justice and reconciliation in world politics should be conceived in response to the injustice and alienation of modern colonialism?

Author : Iris Marion Young
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Responsibility and Structural Injustice written by Iris Marion Young and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Spinner-Halev
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107017513
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enduring Injustice written by Jeff Spinner-Halev and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that understanding the impact of past injustices faced by some peoples can help us understand and overcome injustice today.

Author : Joy Moncrieffe
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1780322917
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relational Accountability written by Joy Moncrieffe and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this insightful new book, Moncrieffe argues that the traditionally narrow interpretation of accountability obscures relationships, power dynamics, structures, processes and complexities. The relational view, in contrast, seeks to understand the ways in which people perform in their roles as social actors, and how the quality of relationships influences the character of accountability. This book will provide a grounded theoretical background to accountability, using vivid case evidence to emphasize the significance of relational approaches to accountability using empirical data (from Jamaica, Haiti, Ethiopia and Uganda). Ultimately arguing that accountability is much more than a managerial concept; rather, it is deeply social and political. The result is a unique, coherent, perspective that will both explain and 'debunk' this central developmental concept.

Author : Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies Jude Browne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019889287X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is Structural Injustice? written by Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies Jude Browne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Structural Injustice? is the first edited collection to bring together the voices of leading structural injustice scholars to provide an overview of this profoundly important concept. The volume features specially selected original and essential works on structural injustice, providing a range of disciplinary, ontological, and epistemological perspectives on what structural injustice is, and includes feminist and post-colonial theories to interrogate how structural injustice exacerbates and reproduces existing inequalities and relations of power. This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.