Equality From Theory to Action
How can egalitarian ideals be put into action? This ground-breaking book sets out a new interdisciplinary model for equality studies. Integrating normative questions about the ideal of equality with empirical issues about the nature of inequality, it appl
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John Baker is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Equality Studies at University College Dublin. He is the author of Arguing for Equality (1987). His main areas of research are theoretical issues of equality and democracy. Kathleen Lynch is Professor of Equality Studies at University College Dublin. She is the author of The Hidden Curriculum (1989) and Equality in Education (1999) and co-author of Schools and Society in Ireland (1993), Equality and Power in Schools: Redistribution, Recognition and Representation (2002) and Inside Classrooms: The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Social Context (2003). Her main areas of research are equality in education, emancipatory research, the role of the university in social change and theoretical issues in equality studies. Sara Cantillon is Senior Lecturer in Equality Studies at University College Dublin. She is the co-editor of Rich and Poor: Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland (2001). Her main areas of research are gender and poverty, intrahousehold resource allocation and the economics of inequality. Judy Walsh is Lecturer in Equality Studies at University College Dublin. She is the co-author of a number of NGO reports in the field of equality and human rights. Her main areas of research are human rights and gender, poverty and law. The authors have also been active in a wide range of equality-related organizations and campaigns.
Equality From Theory to Action John Baker Kathleen Lynch Sara Cantillon and
Judy Walsh Equality Studies Centre, University College Dublin
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