Against Equality of Opportunity

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926548-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Reihe: Oxford Philosophical Monographs

Highly controversial

Key Features:

- accessible and jargon-free for a broad readership

- short, snappy, and provocative arguments; very clear

- relevant to real life as well as academic debates

Description:

These days almost everyone seems to think it obvious that equality of opportunity is at least part of what constitutes a fair society. At the same time they are so vague about what equality of opportunity actually amounts to that it can begin to look like an empty term, a convenient shorthand for the way jobs (or for that matter university places, or positions of power, or merely places on the local sports team) should be allocated, whatever that happens to be.

Matt Cavanagh offers a highly provocative and original new view, suggesting that the way we think about equality and opportunity should be radically changed.

HARDBACK: £25.00, 2002, 0-19-92434-3

'It is true that Against Equality of Opportunity is a contrarian book - and all the better for that.'

The Independent

'The book fully lives up to its provocative title. In the horse-trading of meritocracy versus quality, few have had the nerve and imagination to throw out both these ideals at once.'

The Spectator

Contents:

Introduction; Meritocracy; Equality; Discrimination; Conclusions; References, Index

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of philosophy, politics, and legal theory, policy makers, general readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cavanagh, Matt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Über Autor(innen)

MATT CAVANAGH, formerly Lecturer, St Catherine's College, Oxford