02583cam a2200301 a 4500 3726991 20241216121607.0 070410s2007 enka b 001 0 eng 2007296319 GBA655852 bnb 9780745627748 (pbk.) (CaONFJC)cou00093955 UKM UKM BAKER BWKUK YDXCP OCLCQ DLC CaONFJC UtOrBLW lccopycat JC575 .W54 2007 JC575 .W54 2007 White, Stuart Gordon, 1966- Equality / Stuart White. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2007. ix, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Key concepts in the social sciences Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-190) and index. The Demand for Equality — Democracy — Meritocracy — Luck Egalitarianism — Equality and Incentives — Equality and Difference — The Future of Equality. The demand for equality is central to modern politics. But what exactly do we mean by equality? Does it threaten other important values? Is it a demand we should support or question? This highly accessible book provides an engaging introduction to the concept of equality and to the debates, historical and contemporary, that surround it. It explains and critically considers how the demand for equality arises in different spheres. In the political sphere, it explores the relationship between equality and democracy. In the economic and social spheres, it explores the ideal of meritocracy and more radical theories of egalitarian justice developed in the works of John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin. In the legal sphere, the book discusses the challenges that feminism and multiculturalism pose to conventional conceptions of equal citizenship. It concludes with an examination of whether equality should go global, and by analyzing contemporary arguments for and against the continuing relevance of equality to the political life of affluent democracies. Throughout, the book considers the tensions internal to the demand for equality and between equality and other important values such as liberty and efficiency. Drawing on political philosophy, sociology and the history of political thought, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in philosophy and the social sciences and anyone interested in the values that animate democratic political life. Equality 7120 Key concepts in the social sciences. lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2024-12-16 1 1 JC575 WHI B05986 2025-06-02 2025-03-18 1 2024-12-16 1 4436 4436