A republic of equals [electronic resource] : a manifesto for a just society

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	A republic of equals [electronic resource]: a manifesto for a just society / Jonathan Rothwell.
개인저자	Rothwell, Jonathan Townsend, 1980- author.
발행사항	Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, [2019].
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Rothwell, Jonathan Townsend, 1980- Republic of equals. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
ISBN	0691189986 9780691189987
내용주기	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Behind the Discontent -- 2. The Natural Foundations of a Just Society -- 3. Merit-Based Egalitarianism -- 4. The Importance of Equal Access to Public Goods and Markets -- 5. Unequal Access to Education -- 6. The Historical Contingencies of Group Differences in Skills -- 7. Unequal Access to Housing Markets -- 8. How Unequal Access to Housing Perpetuates Group Inequality and Injustice -- 9. Unequal Access to the Buying and Selling of Professional Services -- 10. Creating a Just Society -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index
요약	Why political inequality is to blame for economic and social injusticePolitical equality is the most basic tenet of democracy. Yet in America and other democratic nations, those with political power have special access to markets and public services. A Republic of Equals traces the massive income inequality observed in the United States and other rich democracies to politicized markets and avoidable gaps in opportunity-and explains why they are the root cause of what ails democracy today.In this provocative book, economist Jonathan Rothwell draws on the latest empirical evidence from across the social sciences to demonstrate how rich democracies have allowed racial politics and the interests of those at the top to subordinate justice. He looks at the rise of nationalism in Europe and the United States, revealing how this trend overlaps with racial prejudice and is related to mounting frustration with a political status quo that thrives on income inequality and inefficient markets. But economic differences are by no means inevitable. Differences in group status by race and ethnicity are dynamic and have reversed themselves across continents and within countries. Inequalities persist between races in the United States because Black Americans are denied equal access to markets and public services. Meanwhile, elite professional associations carve out privileged market status for their members, leading to compensation in excess of their skills.A Republic of Equals provides a bold new perspective on how to foster greater political and social equality, while moving societies closer to what a true republic should be.
일반주제명	Equality. POLITICAL SCIENCE --Public Policy --General. Equality.
분류기호(DDC)	320.011
언어	영어
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