Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
TL;DR: Lawler as mentioned in this paper argued that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament, which is hardly a rational position in the sense that it is suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some.
Abstract: that a plurality of the American Catholic bishops endorse a nuclear freeze (p. 4), saying that they are thus "taking their stance with Moscow,55 which is for a freeze, and not with the Vatican, which "is still in favor of disarmament?not a freeze.55 To make any sense at all, Mr. Lawler must mean that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament? hardly a rational position. One recalls here the arguments, during the 19305s and 19405s, that being for racial justice in the United States was suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some, because the communists also favored it.
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TL;DR: The tension between freedom of movement within the EC/EU and the principle of social solidarity has been explored in this article, a tension which has increased in step with the progressive enlargement over the years of the circle of potential beneficiaries of the right to cross-border access to the social and welfare benefits guaranteed by the social protection systems of the Member States.
Abstract: This article explores the tension between freedom of movement within the EC/EU and the principle of social solidarity, a tension which has increased in step with the progressive enlargement over the years of the circle of potential beneficiaries of the right to cross‐border access to the social and welfare benefits guaranteed by the social protection systems of the Member States. The article aims to re‐construct the system of Community rules regarding the free movement of persons within the EU from the point of view of the justifying criteria for the cross‐border access to national welfare systems of the different categories of ‘migrants’. The focus of the article is on the different degrees and models of solidarity which, at least at the present stage of the European integration process, justify correspondingly graduated and differentiated forms of cross‐border access to Member States' social and welfare benefits for the various categories of persons who move about within the EU.
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...…which represents a translation of the principle of solidarity to which such systems give concrete effect (Balandi, 2005)—presupposes, in actuality, ‘a bounded world: a group of people committed to dividing, exchanging and sharing social goods, first of all among themselves’ (Walzer, 1983, p. 31)....
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TL;DR: The authors discuss the relations between Chicago school reform and history around five topics: the origins of bureaucracy and the ascendance of experts and professionals; educational reform as a social movement; race and ethnicity, or schools as con-
Abstract: In October 1989, Chicago began a process of school reform that transcends the historic limits that have constrained the potential for change in urban education. Nonetheless, despite its originality, Chicago school reform resonates with most of the great themes that have shaped urban school systems and the struggles surrounding them for 150 years. Understanding Chicago school reform’s place in history clarifies both its significance for theory and practice and the challenges before it. Here, I discuss the relations between Chicago school reform and history around five topics: (1) the origins of bureaucracy and the ascendance of experts and professionals; (2) educational reform as a social movement; (3) race and ethnicity, or schools as con-
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the extent to which Boltanski and Thevenot's conceptual framework, widely known as the sociology of critical capacity, permits them to demonstrate that processes of justification are vital to the symbolically mediated construction of social life.
Abstract: The main purpose of this essay is to reflect on the nature of justification To this end, the analysis draws on Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thevenot’s De la justification Les economies de la grandeur 1 [On Justification: Economies of Worth 2 ] More specifically, the article aims to examine the extent to which Boltanski and Thevenot’s conceptual framework, widely known as ‘the sociology of critical capacity’, 3 permits us to demonstrate that processes of justification 4 are vital to the symbolically mediated construction – that is, to both the conceptual and the empirical organization 5 – of social life In order to prove the validity of this contention, the inquiry explores the meaning of ‘justification’ in relation to the following dimensions: (1) existence, (2) ethics, (3) justice, (4) perspective, (5) presuppositions, (6) agreement, (7) common worlds, (8) critique, (9) practice and (10) justification itself By way of conclusion, the article maintains that processes of justification constitute an essential ingredient of human reality
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...In opposition to the concept of ‘spheres of injustice’, see Walzer’s account of ‘spheres of justice’, notably in Walzer (1983)....
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TL;DR: The authors investigates the discourses of world kinship that are bound up in the founding documents of the United Nations such as the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and argues that kinship discourse endures because of its particular cognitive facility, but that its continued usage is problematic.
Abstract: This thesis investigates the discourses of world kinship that are bound up in the founding documents of the United Nations such as the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These discourses have constituted a sense of mission for the United Nations throughout its history. Building a human family from the fragmentary reality of world politics has become a widely stated purpose not just of the UN, but of politicians and NGOs through into the contemporary period. In light of the impracticability of these sentiments, the thesis aims to trace their origins, meanings, and continued appeal. Beginning with the planning process of the United Nations, I show how the UN resulted from a highly exclusive State Department enterprise. The small planning circle believed that the organisation should be imbued with the most visionary ideals. Today the discursive landscape favours such statements as the ideal of the family of nations much less, and yet such discourse remains a resource for those seeking an idealistic vision of world politics. I argue that kinship discourse endures because of its particular cognitive facility, but that its continued usage is problematic. Kinship discourses may be used flexibly to draw boundaries between in-groups and the 'Other' in world politics in ways that enable us to reconceptualise Schmittian decisionism. Further, understanding usages of kinship discourse presents us with an image of a world which is sometimes incapable of defining its interests and identity coherently. While being potentially useful tools for engineering emotive consensus, the modes of discourse employed are Western in nature and can easily slip into registers which are seriously counter-productive to UN projects. Thus, a case may be made that the UN, and world politics in general, will eventually rethink the notion that a 'human family' is the ultimate goal of international life.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the extent to which multiple problems affected the individual only temporarily or persisted over time based on the Swedish Level of Living Surveys (LNU) for 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2000.
Abstract: such accumulation based on what are termed basic, conditional and proximate factors Lastly, we examine the extent to which multiple problems affected the individual only temporarily or persisted over time The analyses are based on the Swedish Level of Living Surveys (LNU) for 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2000, and these will be used both as a series of independent cross-sections and as panels in which we follow people re-interviewed year after year The chapter opens with a brief overview of theories relating to the accumulation of social problems, also known as multiple deprivation This is followed by a discussion of the choice of problem areas and the formulation of indicators on various types of problems These sections are followed by a review of previous Swedish research in this field, after which we report on the results of our analyses The chapter concludes with a discussion of the main findings
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