Overview
- Takes the topic of dependence as a starting point for examining the problems of economic justice generated by foundational social and economic institutions
- Offers a fresh, original take on issues of economic justice and dependence, going against the grain of most political theorising about economic justice today
- Integrates a wide range of scholarship including feminist political theory, economic sociology, economic anthropology, political philosophy, and legal theory
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Who is Dependent?
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Instituting the Economy
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About this book
The central claim of this book is that the dichotomy between economic dependence and economic independence is completely inadequate for describing the political challenges faced by contemporary capitalist welfare states. The simplistic contrast between markets and states as sources of income renders invisible the relations of dependence established in our basic economic institutions such as the family, property, and money. This book is a work of political theory that attacks narrow conceptions of dependence and identifies distinct senses of dependence that might allow political communities to make clearer decisions about the justice of our economic institutions and practices. Inheritance, for example, is as much a form of dependence as support by a welfare state, but these are never compared in debates about economic justice. This book begins the work of comparing forms of economic dependence, and argues that economic dependence is always an issue of both vulnerability andparasitism. It builds bridges between political theory and social science, and is of relevance to those concerned with social and economic justice in and beyond contemporary capitalist welfare states.
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Book Title: The Politics of Dependence
Book Subtitle: Economic Parasites and Vulnerable Lives
Authors: Patrick J. L. Cockburn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78908-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78709-1Published: 25 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13267-5Published: 25 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78908-8Published: 08 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 232
Topics: Political Philosophy, Development Theory, Political Theory, Politics of the Welfare State, International Political Economy, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy