Recognition, Redistribution, and Liberty

This paper examines the relationship between redistribution, recognition, and liberty. In particular, it critiques the existing approaches in the critical literature that either reduces redistribution to a simple subset of recognition, or insists that recognition is both necessary and sufficient for redistribution to occur. It argues, instead, that the introduction of the relatively weak assumption of (minimal) individual liberty is required for recognition, and that while recognition is necessary, it is insufficient for redistribution. It also considers the sustainability of voluntary redistribution in a liberal society, and voluntary recognition in an authoritarian society. Finally, the approach is applied to the problems of discrimination, genocide, and ethnic conflict.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Collins, Anne D., Lim, Jamus Jerome
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	EN
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720, Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities, Redistributive Effects, Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5541
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