Beyond Redistribution - White Supremacy and Racial Justice

Informationen zum Autor By Kevin M. Graham Klappentext Since the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in 1971, political philosophers in the English-speaking world have shared a broad consensus that social justice should be understood as a matter of fair distribution of social resources. Many contemporary political philosophers disagree sharply about what would count as a fair distribution of social resources, yet agree that if social resources were to be distributed fairly, then social justice would exist. In Beyond Redistribution, Kevin M. Graham argues that political theories operating on a distributive understanding of social justice fail to address adequately certain forms of social injustice related to race. Graham argues that political philosophy could understand race-related injustice more fully by shifting its focus away from distributive inequities between whites and nonwhites and toward white supremacy, the unfair power relationships that allow whites to dominate and oppress nonwhites. Beyond Redistribution offers a careful, detailed critique of the positions of leading contemporary liberal political philosophers on race-related issues of social justice. Graham's analysis of the racial politics of police violence and public education in Omaha, Nebraska, vividly illustrates why the search for racial justice in the United States must move beyond redistribution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Racism or White Supremacy? Understanding Race-Related Injustice Chapter 2. Police Violence and the White Supremacist State Chapter 3. The Political Significance of Social Identity Chapter 4. Autonomy, Individualism, and Social Justice Chapter 5. Distributive Justice and the Injustice of Hate Speech Chapter 6. After the Buses Stop Running: Distributive Justice or Dialogue?

Product details

• Authors: Kevin M Graham, Kevin M. Graham
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2011
• EAN: 9780739130971
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3097-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Poverty & unemployment, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social discrimination & inequality, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Central / national / federal government policies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Central government policies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General