Equalities

Equalities

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$33.00 • £28.95 • €30.95

ISBN 9780674259812

Publication Date: 07/15/1983

240 pages

6 x 9 inches

23 line illustrations, 31 tables

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1. Toqueville’s Dread
- 1. From Theory toward Practice
- 2. Where Could Equality Be a Straightforward Idea?
- 3. Four Sample Cases
- 4. Theory to Practice and the Grammar of Equality
- 5. Political Economy to Equality
- 6. Conclusion
2. The Subject of Equality
- 1. Simple Individual-Regarding Equalities
- 2. Segments and Blocs
- 3. Two Roads to Emancipation
- 4. Implications for Public Policy
- 5. Summary
3. The Domain of Equality
- 1. Breadth versus Narrowness
- 2. Straightforward, Marginal, and Global Domains of Equality
- 3. Causally Linked Domains of Allocation
- 4. Summary
4. Equalities of Opportunity
- 1. Prospect-Regarding and Means-Regarding Equalities of Opportunity
- 2. Means-Regarding Equal Opportunity
- 3. Equal Means and Unequal Prospects
- 4. Bloc-Regarding Equalities of Opportunity: Nondiscrimination and Quotas
- 5. Summary
5. The Value of Equality
- 1. Person, Lot, and Value
- 2. Lot-Regarding Equality
- 3. Person-Regarding Equality
- 4. An Intersection among Equalities
- 5. Summary
6. Relative Equalities
- 1. Absolute versus Relative Equalities
- 2. Relative Equalities
  - 1. The Extent of Equality
  - 2. The Degree of Equality between Two Subjects
  - 3. Relative Equality in General
- 3. The Level at Which Equality Is to Be Attained
- 4. Summary
7. Endings
- 1. Equality: Equalities
- 2. Taming Equality
- 3. Equality and Complexity
Notes
Bibliography
Index