Social Justice: Distributive Principles and Beyond

Book Details

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Author: M.P. Dube

• Binding: Hardcover

• ISBN: 9788131606803

• Pages: 344 pages

• Release Date: 01-04-2017

• Languages: English

• Package Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches

About the Book
Justice is a fundamental aspect of a good political order. In light of rising disparities in income, wealth, and access to opportunities across liberal societies, justice has become an important concern. This book explores the critical issue of social justice, examining how it should be assessed and distributed, including various perspectives such as utilitarianism, John Rawls's theory of justice, and the critiques posed by Hayek and Nozick. The book goes beyond Rawls's distributive justice approach, incorporating views from thinkers like Iris Young, Nancy Frazer, Axel Honneth, and Charles Taylor, as well as Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum’s capability approach. The work highlights the expanded conception of justice that includes ecological and environmental justice.

The book also looks into the theme of social justice in India, with contributions from various scholars examining issues like caste, gender, marginalized communities, and the legal and economic frameworks surrounding justice in the Indian context. It provides an extensive review of the research on social justice, both in theory and practice.

Contents
Part I: Theorizing Social Justice

1. The Concept of ‘Justice’ – Debashis Guha

2. The Idea of ‘Justice as Fairness’ – Naresh Dadhich

3. Rawls’s Theory of Justice – Asok Mukhopadhyay

4. Theorizing Social Justice Beyond Distributive Principles – M.P. Dube

5. Affirmative Action and Justice – Ramashray Roy

6. Beyond Rawls: Conceptualizing Social Justice in a Varna-Based Society – T.R. Sharma

7. Justice for Groups: Multiculturalist Critique of Rawls’s Theory of Justice – Papia Sengupta

8. The Question of Justice in the Contemporary Global Order: Some Guiding Considerations – Anand P. Mavalankar

Part II: Social Justice and Marginalized Sections in India
9. Social Development through Social Justice: The Indian Context – S.V. Pande and Archana Srivastava
10. Transformation of Caste System into ‘Caste’ in Contemporary India – K.L. Sharma
11. Politics of Social Backwardness and Empowerment of Other and Economically Backward Classes – D.K. Verma
12. Social Inclusion through Exclusive Provisions in India: The Glass is Half Full – P.K. Chaubey
13. Social Justice and People at the Margins – M. Kistaiah
14. Issues of Social Justice and the Marginalized: Contextualizing Scheduled Castes in J&K State – Ashish Saxena
15. Social Justice in Economic Perspective: Displacement of People by Land Acquisition for Industrialization in India – Bhaskar Majumdar
16. Free Legal Aid as a Fundamental Right in India: Reality or Still a Distant Dream? – Sanjay Gupta

Part III: Gender Perspectives of Social Justice
17. Gender and Development: Theoretical Perspectives – Mohit Bhattacharya
18. Women’s Rights as Human Rights – Mahendra Prasad Singh
19. Women and Politics of Violence: An Essay on Attitudinal Fundamentalism – Chandrakala Padia
20. Trajectories of Women’s Fiction in India – Sumita Parmar

About the Author
M.P. Dube is the Vice Chancellor of U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad. He has held several significant positions, including Director of the Institute of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Allahabad. With over four decades of experience in teaching and research in environmentalism, gender justice, political philosophy, and Indian politics, Professor Dube has authored and edited several books, along with contributing over a hundred articles and research papers. He has received various awards for his contributions to education.