(Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice

Terry Lovell is a professor in the department of sociology at Warwick University and has published on feminist social and cultural theory.

• 1. Introduction 2. Re-faming Justice in a Globalizing World 3. Justice and the Public Sphere: The Dynamics of Nancy Fraser’s Critical Theory 4. Sexuality, Subjectivity and …Economics? 5. Nancy Fraser’s Theory of Justice: A ‘Sociologically Rich’ Model for a Global Capitalist Era? 6. Class, Moral Worth and Recognition 7. Feminist Critiques of Bourdieu: The Case of Social Capital 8. NQOC: Social Identity and Representation in British Politics 9. (Mis)-Recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: A Critical Social Policy Perspective 10. Needs, Rights and Transformations: The Adjudication of Social Rights in South Africa

Lovell’s edited essays offer valuable reflections on an area of commonground shared by sociology and moral philosophy: the Redistribution orRecognition debate. Bridget Fowler is a Professor Emerita of Sociology in the University ofGlasgow