Political Exclusion and Domination: NOMOS XLVI (NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, 4) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814756956 ISBN 13: 9780814756959

Publisher: NYU Press, 2005

Synopsis

Political exclusion and domination are common forms of injustice in democratic societies. What is at stake in choosing one or the other as a way of conceptualizing injustice? Can either concept serve as a master concept for all injustice, or do the phenomena of injustice require a more complex array of analytic categories?
The contributors to this volume explore the concepts of exclusion and domination from a wide array of theoretical approaches—liberal and republican, feminist and pluralist. They address topics ranging from racial segregation to criminal sanctions, from the role of the political philosopher to the instruments of genocide. They disagree—sometimes mildly and sometimes profoundly—over how we should construe the forms of exclusion and domination that most command our attention. Ultimately, these authors shed important light on the meaning of justice and injustice in contemporary society.
Contributors: Danielle Allen, Michael Blake, Sanford Levinson, Catharine MacKinnon, Martha Nussbaum, Philip Pettit, James Tully, and Miguel Vatter.

About this title

About the Author:

Melissa S. Williams is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Voice, Trust, and Memory and is the current editor of the NOMOS series.

Review:

"Brings to the forefront the hope of articulating theories and practices for a world in which the presence of domination and exclusion is so insiduous. Granted, it is a fragile hope, but it is still a hope." (Perspectives on Politics)

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0814756956
• ISBN 13: 9780814756959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Williams Melissa S., Macedo Stephen