Capabilities in a just society : a theory of navigational agency / Rutger Claassen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claassen, Rutger, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social choice.

Capabilities approach (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

What sort of entitlements should citizens have in a just society? In this book, Rutger Claassen sets out a theory of what he terms 'navigational agency', whereby citizens should be able to navigate freely between social practices. This shows how individuals can be at the same time free and autonomous in striving for their own goals in life, but also embedded in social practices in which they have to cooperate with others. He argues that for navigational agency, people need three sets of core capabilities: those which allow human empowerment in civil society, a decent level of socio-economic subsistence, and political participation in democratic decision-making procedures. The idea of navigational agency, the book argues, provides an alternative to currently dominant versions of the capability approach to social justice, and strengthens its liberal foundations.

Contents:

Liberalism : combining perfectionism and neutrality

An agency-based capability theory of justice

Justifying the right to navigational agency

The distribution of capabilities

Empowerment capabilities and civil freedom

Subsistence capabilities and socio-economic justice

Political capabilities and democracy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-57269-3

1-108-56185-3

1-108-59000-4

OCLC:

1060524708