Social justice: meanings and politics

Author: Lister, Ruth

Source: Benefits, Volume 15, Number 2, June 2007 , pp. 113-125(13)

Publisher: Policy Press

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Abstract:

Now that the main British political parties are committed to the ideal of social justice, the political debate will focus on its meaning(s) and how - and through which institutions - it is best achieved. This article discusses key dimensions of social justice - conceptualised as distribution and recognition claims - with particular reference to poverty, inequality, disability and the perceived tension between diversity and solidarity in the welfare state. The second part provides an overview of a number of social justice issues below and above the (nation) state, moving from the domestic, through the neighbourhood, the devolved administrations and Europe, to the global.

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