"A book which bridges philosophy and social policy in the most engaging and fruitful way the foundation of a new,emergent liberalism."—DANIEL BELL, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University

The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed lust and Uniust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and power but other social "goods" like honor, education, work, free time--even love.

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1 Complex Equality

 Pluralism

 A Theory of Goods

 Dominance and Monopoly

 Simple Equality

 Tyranny and Complex Equality

 Three Distributive Principles

Free Exchange

Desert

Need

 Hierarchies and Caste Societies

 The Setting of the Argument

2 Membership

 Members and Strangers

 Analogies: Neighborhoods, Clubs, and Families

 Territory

"White "Australia" and the Claim of Necessity

Refugees

 Alienage and Naturalization

The Athenian Metics

Guest Workers

 Membership and ]ustice

3 Security and Welfare

 Membership and Need

 Communal Provision

Athens in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries

A Medieval Jewish Community

 Fair Shares

 The Extent of Provision

 An American Welfare State

The Case of Medical Care

 A Note on Charity and Dependency

The Examples o[ Blood and Money

4 Money and Commodities

 The Universal Pander

 What Money Can't Buy

Conscription in 1863

Blocked Exchanges

 What Money Can Buy

 The Marketplace

The World's Biggest Department Store

Washing Machines, Television Sets, Shoes, and Automobiles

 The Determination of Wages

 Redistributions

 Gifts and Inheritance

Gift Exchange in the Western Pacific

The Gift in the Napoleonic Code

5 Office

 Simple Equality in the Sphere of Office

 Meritocracy

The Chinese-Examination System

 The Meaning of Qualification

What's Wrong with Nepotism？

 The Reservation of Office

The Case of American Blacks

 Professionalism and the Insolence of Office

 The Containment of Office

The World o[ the Petty Bourgeoisie

Workers' Control

Political Patronage

6 Hard Work

 Equality and Hardness

 Dangerous Work

 Grueling Work

The Israeli Kibbutz

 Dirty Work

The San Francisco Scavengers

7 Free Time

 The Meaning of Leisure

 Two Forms of Rest

A Short History o[ Vacations

The ldea of[ the Sabbath

8 Education

 The Importance of Schools

The Aztec "House of the Young Men"

Basic Schooling: Autonomy and Equality

Hillel on the Roof

The Japanese Example

 Specialized Schools

George OrweU's Schooldays

 Association and Segregation

Private Schools and Educational Vouchers

Talent Tracks

Integration and School Busing

Neighborhood Schools

9 Kinship and Love

 The Distributions of Affect

Plato's Guardians

 Family and Economy

Manchester, 1844

 Marriage

The Civic Ball

The Idea o[ the "Date"

 The Woman Question

10 Divine Grace

 The Wall between Church and State

 The Puritan Commonwealth

11 Recognition

 The Struggle for Recognition

A Sociology o[ Titles

 Public Honor and Individual Desert

Stalin's Stakhanovites

The Nobel Prize in Literature

Roman and Other Triumphs

 Punishment

Ostracism in Athens

Preventive Detention

 Self-Esteem and Self-Respect

12 Political Power

 Sovereignty and Limited Government

Blocked Uses o[ Power

 Knowledge/Power

The Shi/J o[ State

Disciplinary Institutions

 Property/Power

The Case o[ Pullman, Illinois

 Democratic Citizenship

The Athenian Lottery

Parties and Primaries

13 Tyrannies and Just Soeieties

 The Relativity and the Non-Relativity of Justice

 Justice in the Twentieth Century

 Equality and Social Change

NOTES

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