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Equality : from theory to action : [electronic book] /

By: Baker, John, 1950- [author.].
Contributor(s): Lynch, Kathleen, 1951- [author.] | Cantillon, Sara [author.] | Walsh, Judy [author.].
Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Edition: 2nd edition.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780230250413.Subject(s): Equality | Social justice | Social policy | Social changeOnline resources: Access ebook here
Contents:
New challenges to an unequal world -- Dimensions of equality : a framework for theory and action -- The centrality of equality : equality and other values -- Contexts of egalitarian change : social systems and social groups -- Towards economic equality -- The challenge of participatory democracy -- Equality, the legal system and employment law -- Equality and education -- Emancipatory research as a tool of change -- Strategies for change -- Class, gender and the equality movement -- Ideology and resistance -- Strategic issues for the equality movement.
Summary: Integrating normative and empirical issues and applying a common framework to a wide range of contemporary inequalities, this work argues for egalitarian changes in the economy, politics, law, education and research and for innovative political strategies in order to achieve aims.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

New challenges to an unequal world -- Dimensions of equality : a framework for theory and action -- The centrality of equality : equality and other values -- Contexts of egalitarian change : social systems and social groups -- Towards economic equality -- The challenge of participatory democracy -- Equality, the legal system and employment law -- Equality and education -- Emancipatory research as a tool of change -- Strategies for change -- Class, gender and the equality movement -- Ideology and resistance -- Strategic issues for the equality movement.

Integrating normative and empirical issues and applying a common framework to a wide range of contemporary inequalities, this work argues for egalitarian changes in the economy, politics, law, education and research and for innovative political strategies in order to achieve aims.

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