Rethinking Equality: The Challenge of Equal Citizenship

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rethinking Equality: The Challenge of Equal Citizenship
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Chris Armstrong
SeriesReappraising the Political
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719069253
ClassificationsDewey:320.01
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 June 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Although formally equal, relations between citizens are actually characterised by many and varied forms of inequality. Do contemporary theories of equality provide an adequate response to the inequalities that afflict contemporary societies? And what is the connection between theories of equality and the contemporary politics of citizenship? Accessible and comprehensive, Rethinking equality provides a clear, critical and very up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories. Unusually, it also relates these theories to contemporary political practice, assessing them in relation to the impact of neoliberalism on contemporary welfare states, and the shift from 'social' to 'active' forms of citizenship. As well as representing a significant intervention within academic debates on equality and citizenship, this book represents essential reading for students of contemporary political theory. -- .

Author Biography

Chris Armstrong is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton -- .