Why We Disagree about Inequality
Social Justice vs. Social Order
1. Auflage April 2023
208 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
Why do we disagree about the causes of and solutions to social inequality? What explains our different viewpoints on Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, income inequality, and immigration?
In this tightly argued book, John Iceland, Eric Silver, and Ilana Redstone show how two clashing worldviews - one emphasizing Social Justice and another Social Order - are preventing Americans from solving their most pressing social problems.
The authors show how each worldview provides a different understanding of human nature, morality, social change, and the wisdom of the past. They argue that, before Americans can find lasting solutions to today's seemingly intractable societal challenges, they will need to recognize that each side possesses a wisdom the other lacks. Only then can we achieve the common ground and consensus we seek.
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Why do we disagree about the causes of and solutions to social inequality? What explains our different viewpoints on Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, income inequality, and immigration?
In this tightly argued book, John Iceland, Eric Silver, and Ilana Redstone show how two clashing worldviews - one emphasizing Social Justice and another Social Order - are preventing Americans from solving their most pressing social problems.
The authors show how each worldview provides a different understanding of human nature, morality, social change, and the wisdom of the past. They argue that, before Americans can find lasting solutions to today's seemingly intractable societal challenges, they will need to recognize that each side possesses a wisdom the other lacks. Only then can we achieve the common ground and consensus we seek.
Chapter 2: The Social Order-Social Justice Framework
Chapter 3. Gender Inequality
Chapter 4. Racial Inequality
Chapter 5. Income Inequality and Poverty
Chapter 6. Immigration
Chapter 7. Where Do We Go from Here?
Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University
"It might be thought that the typical person's views about gender, racial, or income inequality are a booming-buzzing admixture of beliefs that accrete in happenstance fashion. Not so! In this elegant contribution, it's argued that there are but two inequality worldviews in play, each very coherently organized around different first principles. A bold analysis of the cultural underpinnings of today's inequality wars."
David B. Grusky, Stanford University
"Original and persuasive. The 'culture war' is one of the most important and most discussed but also ill-defined issues shaping contemporary society. The book offers a very useful and well-argued framework for explaining the differences between the two warring parties in the culture war."
Luke Hildyard, Director of the High Pay Centre
Eric Silver is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at The Pennsylvania State University.
Ilana Redstone is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
