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Social Justice and Public Policy: Seeking Fairness in Diverse Societies

By Gary Craig , David Gordon , Tania Burchardt

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
1861349335, 9781861349330, 1861349343, 9781861349347, 9781847423535
Open Library ID
OL12058090M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1335434 bytes)
Pages
296\297
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Social justice is a contested term, incorporated into the language of widely differing political positions. Those on the left argue that it requires intervention from the state to ensure equality, at least of opportunity; those on the right believe that it can be underpinned by the economics of the market place with little or no state intervention. To date, political philosophers have made relatively few serious attempts to explain how a theory of social justice translates into public policy. This important book, drawing on international experience and a distinguished panel of political philosophers and social scientists, addresses what the meaning of social justice is, and how it translates into the everyday concerns of public and social policy, in the context of both multiculturalism and globalisation.

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