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This is a collection of essays by six prominent social scientists on the ideal of economic and social equality and the ways, if any, in which public action can help to achieve it.
* Amartya Sen offers an overview of how equality can be furthered by public action.
* A. B. Atkinson proposes an official poverty line in Britain as a way to focus public debate and political action.
* E. J. Hobsbawm explores the tensions within the rival demands of language, nation, and culture.
* Dorothy Wedderburn argues the case for the superiority of public action in relation to the National Health Service.
* Albert O. Hirschman scrutinizes the rhetorical devices used to counter proposals for reform.
* Ronald Dworkin demonstrates that liberty and equality are not, as some argue, in conflict.
* Amartya Sen offers an overview of how equality can be furthered by public action.
* A. B. Atkinson proposes an official poverty line in Britain as a way to focus public debate and political action.
* E. J. Hobsbawm explores the tensions within the rival demands of language, nation, and culture.
* Dorothy Wedderburn argues the case for the superiority of public action in relation to the National Health Service.
* Albert O. Hirschman scrutinizes the rhetorical devices used to counter proposals for reform.
* Ronald Dworkin demonstrates that liberty and equality are not, as some argue, in conflict.
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Paul Barker is the former editor of New Society, and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Community Studies, London.
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"...this short book is long on potential teaching utility."The Law and Politics Book Review
Paul Barker is the former editor of New Society, and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Community Studies, London.
"...this short book is long on potential teaching utility."The Law and Politics Book Review
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0198295189
- ISBN 13 9780198295181
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
- EditorBarker Paul
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Living As Equals (The Eva Colorni Memorial Lectures, plus Amartya Sen's essay contributed specifically to this collection)
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ISBN 10: 0198295189
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 165 pp. Stated: "First published 1996"; "First published in paperback 1998". Glossy orange and black wraps with top half front cover orange for title lettering in white, lower half in black for editor and publisher names in small orange letters, contributor names in small white letters. Contributions: Paul Barker, "Living as Equals"; Amartya Sen, "Social Commitment and Democracy: The Demands of Equity and Financial Conservatism"; Ronald Dworkin, "Do Liberty and Equality Conflict?"; Albert O. Hirschman, "Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric: The Futility Thesis"; E.J. Hobsbawm, "Are All Tongues Equal? Language, Culture, and National Identity"; Dorothy Wedderburn, "The Superiority of Collective Action: The Case of the NHS"; A.B. Atkinson, "Promise and Performance: Why We Need anOfficial Poverty Report"; The Memorial Trust and Lectures, pp. 143-144; Eva Colorni: A Tribute, pp. 145-146; Notes on Contributors, 147-148; Notes to the Essays, pp. 149-159; Index, pp. 161-165. FLAWLESS. (NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks.) Gift-giving quality. Seller Inventory # 002084
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