Economic and social inequality have become defining features of the world economy in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While increased inequality has been particularly pronounced in the United States, a similar phenomenon of increasing inequality of incomes and wealth has emerged in the economies of most major western European states. Realizing Equality in Policy brings together leading scholars to address current issues relating to rising inequality as it affects policy in the areas of education, health care, anti-poverty, employment, and economic policy.

With contributions from scholars of both luck and relational egalitarianism, the essays reexamine a number of basic assumptions regarding social and economic policy from an egalitarian perspective. They explore gender-based discrimination, international justice, and the possibility for engagement between socialist and left-liberal thought. Rather than focusing on the subtle distinctions that divide egalitarian views, this volume shows that both views have the potential to offer important insights about how differences might be overcome and gaps might be closed. In offering new directions for solving wealth inequality through policy, Realizing Equality in Policy contributes to ongoing conversations in political theory, economic theory, and moral philosophy.

About the Author

Alexander Kaufman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia.

Reviews

"The volume offers a rich compilation of authors and points of view with chapters of very high quality that represent outstanding contributions to the philosophical debates around equality/inequality and the implications for policy. This will be an important resource for scholars and teachers in areas of political philosophy and public policy."

-- Lori Watson, Washington University in St. Louis



Book Information
ISBN 9780472077427
Author Alexander Kaufman
Format Hardback
Page Count 266
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press