The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune
Prospects for Prosperity in Our Times
Seiten
2023
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-2175-6 (ISBN)
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-2175-6 (ISBN)
Bringing together philosophical insights with social theory, this book develops a better understanding of the role luck plays in generating and reinforcing inequality. The author offers a political economy of life chances and an analysis of durable and demonstrable social inequalities, revealing how they are sustained and reproduced.
Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune.
Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances.
Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.
Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune.
Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances.
Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.
Scott Timcke is Senior Research Associate with Research ICT Africa. His research focuses on the transformations of race, class and technology during modernity.
1. Introduction
2. The Egalitarian Turn in Liberalism
3. Where Liberalism Falls Short
4. The Problem of Contingency
5. Accounting for Uncertain Opportunities
6. A Social Analysis of Institutional Luck
7. Markets are Not Morally Neutral
8. Conclusion: The Tasks of Engaged Liberal Social Theory
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5292-2175-7 / 1529221757 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5292-2175-6 / 9781529221756 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
ausgehandelt? – wie offen ist die Weltgesellschaft?
Buch | Softcover (2024)
UTB (Verlag)
CHF 30,80
Theorie und Anwendung
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Vahlen, Franz (Verlag)
CHF 55,70
wie sich unsere Wirtschaftspolitik ändern muss, damit wir globale …
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Wiley-VCH (Verlag)
CHF 55,95
