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Local Justice: How Institutions Allocate Scarce Goods and Necessary Burdens

By Jon Elster

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0521433037, 9780521433037
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
6 MB (6407083 bytes)
Pages
290\290
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A systematic analysis of the principle institutions use in allocating scarce goods and necessary burdens. It examines the criteria by which students are admitted to college, looking at the empirical, conceptual, explanatory and evaluative aspects of such issues. Title page......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 6 1. Introduction......Page 9 2. Problems of Local Justice......Page 26 3. Principles of Local Justice......Page 70 4. Consequences of Local Justice......Page 121 5. Explaining Local Justice......Page 143 6. Local and Global Justice......Page 192 7. Conclusion: Some Unexplored Issues......Page 254 References......Page 259 Index......Page 270

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