Equality and diversity: Value incommensurability and the politics of recognition

by Steven Smith

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This important book explores the values of equality and diversity as promoted across liberal societies, drawing on various traditions of political and social philosophy, including liberal egalitarianism, existentialism, and elements of post-modernism and post-structuralism. These philosophies are applied to policy and practice debates, especially concerning disability issues, but also relating to gender and multiculturalism. It will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students across a range of social studies disciplines.
  • ISBN13 9781847426079
  • Publish Date 20 July 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Policy Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English