Hilde Bojer

Distributional Justice

Theory and Measurement

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing the main theories of distributional justice, this book covers utilitarianism and welfare economics, Rawls social contract, and the Sen/Nussbaum capability approach. It discusses the concepts of income, wealth and economic goods. It is intended for economists, social scientists, and philosophers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9780415406390
• ISBN-10: 0415406390
• Artikelnr.: 22782789

Autorenporträt

Hilde Bojer

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. About distibutional justice 3. Deserts and fruits of our
labour 4. Welfarism: utilitarianism and welfare economics 5. John Rawls's
theory of justice: the social contract 6. Equality of what? Resources and
capabilities 7. Libertarianism and Marxism 8. Children and their mothers 9.
Income and wealth 10. Household income 11. What we should measure? 12.
Lorenz curves and inequality measures 13. Social evaluation of inequality
14. Some inequality measures 15. Poverty 16. Decomposition of inequality
measures