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Structural Injustice - Power, Advantage, and Human Rights (Hardcover)
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Structural Injustice - Power, Advantage, and Human Rights (Hardcover)
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Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of
structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness
norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an account of
well-being. Their well-being account provides the foundation for
human rights, explains the depth of unfairness of systematic
patterns of disadvantage, and locates the unfairness of power
relations in forms of control some groups have over the well-being
of other groups. They explain how human rights violations and
structurally unfair patterns of power and advantage are so often
interconnected. Unlike theories of structural injustice tailored
for largely benign social processes, Powers and Faden's theory
addresses typical patterns of structural injustice-those in which
the wrongful conduct of identifiable agents creates or sustains
mutually reinforcing forms of injustice. These patterns exist both
within nation-states and across national boundaries. However, this
theory rejects the claim that for a structural theory to be broadly
applicable both within and across national boundaries its central
claims must be universally endorsable. Instead, Powers and Faden
find support for their theory in examples of structural injustice
around the world, and in the insights and perspectives of related
social movements. Their theory also differs from approaches that
make enhanced democratic decision-making or the global extension of
republican institutions the centerpiece of proposed remedies.
Instead, the theory focuses on justifiable forms of resistance in
circumstances in which institutions are unwilling or unable to
address pressing problems of injustice. The insights developed in
Structural Injustice will interest not only scholars and students
in a range of disciplines from political philosophy to feminist
theory and environmental justice, but also activists and
journalists engaged with issues of social justice.
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