Readership: Scholars and students of political theory, political philosophy, and social policy
Jonathan Wolff, Professor of Philosophy, University College, London, and Avner de-Shalit, Professor of Democracy and Human Rights, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
"A book for those who ask what we should do about the gross injustices that face us here and now" - Serena Olsaretti Times Literary Supplement
Part 1: The secure functionings approach 1: The pluralism of disadvantage 2: Functionings 3: Risk 4: Opportunity and responsibility Part 2: Applying theory to practice 5: The indexing problem 6: Measuring functionings 7: Clustering of disadvantage and empirical research Part 3: Public policy 8: Declustering disadvantage 9: Priority to the least advantaged 10: Addressing disadvantage while respecting people Appendix 1: Details of the interviews Index
