Pursuing Equal Opportunities The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian Justice

Pursuing Equal Opportunities The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian Justice

Pursuing Equal OpportunitiesThe Theory and Practice of Egalitarian Justice\nAuthor(s): Lesley A. Jacobs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521530217, 978-0521530217\nSynopsis\nPursuing equality is an important challenge for any modern democratic society but this challenge faces two sets of difficulties: the theoretical question of what sort of equality to pursue and for whom; and the practical question concerning which legal and political institutions are the most appropriate vehicles for implementing egalitarian social policy and thus realizing egalitarian justice. This book offers original and innovative contributions to the debate about equality of opportunity. The first part of the book sets out a theory of equality of opportunity that presents equal opportunities as a normative device for the regulation of competition for scarce resources. The second part shifts the focus to the considerati.

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