Social Justice and Public Policy: Seeking Fairness in Diverse Societies

Social justice and public policy......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of tables, figures and boxes......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Notes on contributors......Page 9
Social justice rhetoric......Page 12
Theories of social justice......Page 15
Outline of the book......Page 17
Common themes......Page 22
Introduction......Page 28
Contemporary theories of social justice......Page 29
Disability and social policy......Page 36
A way forward?......Page 38
Concluding reflections......Page 40
Introduction......Page 44
The three approaches......Page 45
Similarities and differences......Page 49
Some implications of the three theories for social policy......Page 55
Three issues......Page 57
Conclusion......Page 61
Introduction......Page 64
Making sense of multiculturalism......Page 65
Multiculturalism and the welfare state......Page 72
The heterogeneity/redistribution hypothesis......Page 74
The recognition/redistribution hypothesis......Page 76
Testing the trade-offs......Page 79
Conclusion......Page 82
Introduction......Page 88
Politics of positional difference......Page 91
The politics of cultural difference......Page 100
Critical limits to the politics of cultural difference......Page 105
Conclusion......Page 113
Introduction......Page 116
Theoretical perspectives on the relationship between distribution and recognition......Page 117
Recognition, social movements and identity politics......Page 120
The politics of poverty......Page 122
Some policy implications......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 129
For and against cosmopolitanism: beyond the self-contained society......Page 134
Global obstacles to the ‘well-ordered society’......Page 138
Structural reform and piecemeal amelioration......Page 140
Direct transfer......Page 144
Conclusions......Page 145
Introduction......Page 150
Family values and relationship goods......Page 152
Parental partiality vs equality of opportunity......Page 153
Family values and family policy......Page 157
Conclusion......Page 164
Introduction......Page 168
New Labour and child policy in the UK......Page 169
The Labour Party and distributional justice......Page 171
Child rights, policy and justice......Page 175
Economic theory and children......Page 176
Political philosophy and children......Page 178
Capabilities, children and poverty......Page 180
Conclusions......Page 185
9. Social justice in the UK: one route or four?......Page 192
The UK devolution settlement and distributive social justice......Page 194
Does devolution undermine social justice?......Page 195
The scope for divergence in the UK......Page 197
Devolution in practice......Page 200
Conclusion......Page 206
Appendix: overview of devolved and reserved matters......Page 207
Introduction......Page 216
A capability-based definition of an equal society......Page 218
Specifying and justifying a capability list......Page 220
Developing a measurement framework......Page 230
Measuring choice and control......Page 233
Conclusion......Page 235
11. The limits of compromise? Social justice, ‘race’ and multiculturalism......Page 242
Social justice and multiculturalism......Page 245
‘Britishness’ and multiculturalism......Page 247
Social justice, public policy and Britain’s minorities......Page 250
Conclusion......Page 255
Concepts of sustainable development and social justice......Page 262
Environmental justice: equality and equity......Page 267
Human rights and environmental governance......Page 269
Reconciling different perspectives......Page 270
UK perspectives, developments and policy......Page 271
Policy frameworks for environmental and social justice......Page 278
Conclusion......Page 282
Index......Page 288