1st Edition

Distributional Justice Theory and Measurement

By Hilde Bojer Copyright 2003
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Introducing the main theories of distributional justice the book covers utilitarianism and welfare economics, moving on to Rawls's social contract and the Sen/Nussbaum capability approach with a refreshingly readable style. There is a chapter covering the position of mothers and children in theories of justice. The book then studies empirical methods used in analysing the distribution of economic... Read more
1. Introduction 2. About distibutional justice 3. Deserts and fruits of our labour 4. Welfarism: utilitarianism and welfare economics 5. John Rawls's theory of justice: the social contract 6. Equality of what? Resources and capabilities 7. Libertarianism and Marxism 8. Children and their mothers 9. Income and wealth 10. Household income 11. What we should measure? 12. Lorenz curves and inequality measures 13. Social evaluation of inequality 14. Some inequality measures 15. Poverty 16. Decomposition of inequality measures

Biography

Hilde Bojer