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Rethinking equality : the challenge of equal citizenship / Chris Armstrong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Chris, 1973- author.
- Series:
- Reappraising the political.
- Reappraising the political
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship.
- Political rights.
- Equality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This text provides an account of the important contemporary egalitarian theories. It relates egalitarian theories to contemporary political practice, assessing them with the impact of neoliberalism on welfare states, & the shift from 'social' to 'active' forms of citizenship.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 27, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781847796127
- 1847796125
- 9781781701287
- 1781701288
- 9781847792013
- 1847792014
- OCLC:
- 818847206
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