Difference Without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies
Danielle Allen, Rohini Somanathan
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- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN:
- 9780226681221
- Published:
- 30 Nov 2020
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- Dimensions:
- 368 pages - 229 x 152mm
- Availability:
- Available
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Around the globe, democracy appears broken. With political and socioeconomic inequality on the rise, we are faced with the urgent question of how to better distribute power, opportunity, and wealth in diverse modern societies. This volume confronts the dilemma head-on, exploring new ways to combat current social hierarchies of domination. Using examples from the United States, India, Germany, and Cameroon, the contributors offer paradigm-changing approaches to the concepts of justice, identity, and social groups while also taking a fresh look at the idea that the demographic make-up of institutions should mirror the make-up of a populace as a whole. After laying out the conceptual framework, the volume turns to a number of provocative topics, among them the pernicious tenacity of implicit bias, the logical contradictions inherent to the idea of universal human dignity, and the paradoxes and problems surrounding affirmative action. A stimulating blend of empirical and interpretive analyses, Difference without Domination urges us to reconsider the idea of representation and to challenge what it means to measure equality and inequality.
Introduction Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan Part I Difference without Domination 1 * A New Theory of Justice: Difference without Domination Danielle Allen 2 * Race, Domination, and Republicanism Melvin Rogers Part II Relations before Transactions: New Approaches to Inequality, Justice, and Dignity 3 * Crime and Punishment in a Divided Society Rajiv Sethi 4 * The Psychology of Implicit Intergroup Bias and the Prospect of Change Calvin Lai and Mahzarin Banaji 5 * Human Dignity and Modern Democracies Ajume Wingo 6 * Relations before Transactions: A Personal Plea Glenn Loury Part III The Limits of Mirroring: New Approaches to Representation, Measurement, and Membership 7 * Overrepresentation: Asian Americans and the Conundrums of Statistical Mirroring Ellen D. Wu 8 * Second-Order Diversity: An Exploration of Decentralization’s Egalitarian Possibilities Heather Gerken 9 * Contributing to a Society of Equals: Affirmative Action beyond the “Distributive Paradigm” Urs Lindner 10 * The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Difference Rohini Somanathan 11 * Immigration, Membership, and Justice: On the Right to Bring Others into the Polity Claudio López-Guerra Conclusion: Redefining Integration Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan Index Author Bios
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. The recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, she is the author or coeditor of many books, including Education and Equality, From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age, and Education, Justice, and Democracy, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Rohini Somanathan is professor of economics at the Delhi School of Economics.