Equality and diversity
Subtitle: value incommensurability and the politics of recognition
By: Steven R. Smith
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781847426079
Subjects: Cultural pluralism; Equality; Political science; Policy sciences; Philosophy; Social policy; Social sciences
Description: "This important book explores the values of equality and diversity as promoted across liberal societies, drawing on various traditions of political and social philosophy, including liberal egalitarianism, existentialism, and elements of post-modernism and post-structuralism. These philosophies are applied to policy and practice debates, especially concerning disability issues, but also relating to gender and multiculturalism. It will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students across a range of social studies disciplines."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Equality, diversity and radical politics; title: Value incommensurability; title: Empathic imagination and its limits; title: Critiquing compassion-based social relations; title: Egalitarianism, disability and monistic ideals; title: Equality, identity and disability; title: Paradox and the limits of reason.