Distributional justice : theory and measurement / Hilde Bojer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bojer, Hilde, 1939-

Series:

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 47.

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distributive justice.

Welfare economics.

Utilitarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introducing the main theories of distributional justice the book covers utilitarianism and welfare economics, moving on to Rawls's social contract and the Sen/Nussbaum capability approach with a refreshingly readable style. There is a chapter covering the position of mothers and children in theories of justice. The book then studies empirical methods used in analysing the distribution of economic goods, covering Lorenz curves and inequality measures. The concepts of income, wealth and economic goods are comprehensively discussed, with a particular view to their role in theories of justice. Thi

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 About distributional justice; 3 Deserts and the fruits of our labour; 4 Welfarism: utilitarianism and welfare economics; 5 John Rawls's theory of justice; 6 Equality of what? Resources and capabilities; 7 Libertarianism and Marxism; 8 Children and their mothers; 9 Income and wealth; 10 Household income; 11 What should we measure?; 12 Lorenz curves and inequality measures; 13 Social evaluation of inequality; 14 Some inequality measures; 15 Poverty; 16 Decomposition of inequality measures; Appendix A: uncertainty and expected utility

Appendix B: sampling errorsNotes; Suggested further reading; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-42829-4

1-134-42830-8

1-280-10760-X

0-203-98788-8

9780203987889

OCLC:

475958803