Capabilities in a Just Society

Name: Capabilities in a Just Society
Author: Rutger Claassen

A Theory of Navigational Agency

Gebonden Engels 2018 9781108473262

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What sort of entitlements should citizens have in a just society? In this book, Rutger Claassen sets out a theory of what he terms 'navigational agency', whereby citizens should be able to navigate freely between social practices. This shows how individuals can be at the same time free and autonomous in striving for their own goals in life, but also embedded in social practices in which they have to cooperate with others.

He argues that for navigational agency, people need three sets of core capabilities: those which allow human empowerment in civil society, a decent level of socio-economic subsistence, and political participation in democratic decision-making procedures. The idea of navigational agency, the book argues, provides an alternative to currently dominant versions of the capability approach to social justice, and strengthens its liberal foundations.

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ISBN13:9781108473262

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:276

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

Verschijningsdatum:4-10-2018

Hoofdrubriek:Filosofie, Mens en maatschappij

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Introduction

Part I. Positioning the Capability Approach In Political Theory
1. Liberalism: combining perfectionism and neutrality

Part II. The Theory of Navigational Agency
2. An agency-based capability theory of justice
3. Justifying the right to navigational agency
4. The distribution of capabilities

Part III. Three Sets of Basic Capabilities
5. Empowerment capabilities and civil freedom
6. Subsistence capabilities and socio-economic justice
7. Political capabilities and democracy

Conclusion.