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Doing justice

liberalism, group constructs, and individual realities

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An edition of Doing justice (1999)

Doing justice

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Offering a new way of thinking about liberalism and public policies, this book contends that group-based policies, predicated on all manner of group construction, pervade public policy. Although many of these policies are considered to be liberal, they are all discriminatory in essence. For example, the Social Security Act of 1935, although regarded as the foundation of modern liberalism, is riddled with group-based policies that are inconsistent with the principle of nondiscrimination.

This book examines other examples of group-based discrimination in such diverse areas as public welfare and child welfare, drug and gambling laws, drunk driving laws, criminal justice, and foreign policy. Pelton argues that the true roots of liberalism are found in nondiscrimination and respect for the individual. Doing Justice proposes just that - nondiscriminatory, individual-oriented policies in place of each of the group-based policies that are analyzed.

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State University of New York Press
Language
English
Pages
244

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Subjects
Government policy, Social groups, Political planning, Social justice, Liberalism, Individualism, Libéralisme, Politique publique, Justice sociale, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Ideologies, Conservatism & Liberalism
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Albany
Series
SUNY series in deviance and social control

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Dewey Decimal Class
320.51
Library of Congress
JC574.2.U6 P45 1999, JC574.2.U6P45 1999, JC574.2.U6 P45 1999eb

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Pagination
x, 244 p. ;
Number of pages
244

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OL377125M
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0791441792, 0791441806
LCCN
98039113
OCLC/WorldCat
42855325, 39706871
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8752202
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1193720
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