¿Qué es la igualdad? (What Is Equality?)

¿Qué es la igualdad? (What Is Equality?)
Author: Joshua Turner
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 153834923X

Equality is a contentious issue in our society today. This is why it's important for students to be given information related to equality so they can come to reasonable conclusions of their own. Using age-appropriate language, this book discusses equality in a number of different forms and touches upon why equality is so important in a democracy. The text also explores how extreme equality, like most extremes, could be a bad and unrealistic idea. Readers will gain enough information to understand and think about this complex idea for themselves.

Justice and Equality

Justice and Equality
Author: Peter Vallentyne
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2002-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780415941426

This collection of facsimile articles reprints the most influential essays on the subject of justice and equality published in the last hundred years. They represent the theoretical debates and practical aspirations of democratic societies and the institutions that govern them. Areas of coverage include the meaning, scope and practical parameters defining contemporary notions of justice and social equality; the conceptual foundation for requiring minimum justice and equality and who is entitled to justice and equality and who is obliged to provide these conditions and the legitimacy and limitations of universal, procedural, legal concepts of justice and equality.

Major Concepts in Spanish Feminist Theory

Major Concepts in Spanish Feminist Theory
Author: Roberta Johnson
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1438473699

First book in English to offer a thorough introduction to key concepts and figures in Spanish feminist thought. Major Concepts in Spanish Feminist Theory is the first book in English to offer a substantial overview of Spanish feminist thought. It focuses on six concepts—solitude, personality, social class, work, difference, and equality—and distinguishes Spanish feminist theory from that of other countries. Roberta Johnson employs a chronological format to highlight continuity and polemics in Spanish feminist thinking from the eighteenth century to the present. She brings together arguments from well-known names such as Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, Concepción Arenal, Emilia Pardo Bazán, María Martínez Sierra, Carmen de Burgos, and Carmen Laforet, as well as less familiar figures such as the Countess Campo Alange María Laffitte and Lilí Álvarez, who defied restrictions on feminist activity during the Franco dictatorship to publish feminist books. The topics of difference and equality are explored, and the book recounts the long tension between theorists of each persuasion—a tension that erupted publicly during Spain’s democratic era. Each theorist’s arguments are laid out in straightforward, non-jargonistic prose, making this book a useful classroom tool for courses on Spanish women writers, Spanish culture, and cross-cultural feminist studies. “This book is a significant overview of the theoretical concepts and authors that make up the history of Spanish feminism from the eighteenth century to the present. The organization of the book around concepts is not only its great strength but is also refreshing—a novel approach to a chronological history of Spanish feminism.” — Alda Blanco, San Diego State University

Essays on Equality of Opportunity and Public Policy

Essays on Equality of Opportunity and Public Policy
Author: Gonzalo Salas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN: 9788449066108

Esta tesis se estructura en base a la noción de igualdad de oportunidades, concepto inicialmente propuesto por Arneson (1989), cuyas bases filosóficas se encuentran profundamente influidas por los planteos de Rawls (1971). Desde esta perspectiva no hay justificación alguna para la existencia de circunstancias diferenciadoras originadas por la suerte o la dotación natural, mientras que todo lo que se encuentre bajo control de la persona es responsabilidad del individuo y la sociedad no debería preocuparse por establecer mecanismos compensadores. En este sentido Roemer (1998) señala que la política pública debe encargarse de nivelar el campo de juego igualando oportunidades, equiparando las condiciones de partida de las personas para poder acceder a una ventaja. En los distintos capítulos de esta tesis se busca contribuir en distintas esferas de este campo, brindando evidencia empírica para el caso uruguayo. En la tesis se estudia el vínculo entre la igualdad de oportunidades y las políticas públicas. De forma más explícita en unos casos y de forma indirecta en otros, las políticas públicas que se analizan ponen foco en la educación. Se considera un programa de transferencia de ingresos, el Plan de Atención a la Emergencia Social (PANES, por sus siglas en español), y una política orientada a la primera infancia basada en el incremento de plazas educativas públicas. En la literatura revisada los estudios que vinculan de forma causal políticas públicas focalizadas con la desigualdad de oportunidades son escasos (Ham, 2010; Van der gaer, 2011), mayor es la literatura que se centra en el análisis de los impactos de las políticas orientadas a la primera infancia (por ejemplo, Baker et al, 2008; Urzúa & Veramendi, 2011; Conti & Heckman, 2012; Felfe & Lalive, 2014). En este último caso el énfasis en los efectos sobre la igualdad de oportunidades es menor, en tanto no es posible atribuir responsabilidades a los niños por sus desempeños. No obstante, en Andreoli, Havnes & Lefranc (2014) se realiza un esfuerzo por vincular la literatura basada en la igualdad de oportunidades y la expansión de centros educativos dirigidos a la primera infancia. El restante capítulo se centra en el estudios de las preferencias por políticas redistributivas considerando distintos enfoques normativos que se han utilizado para medir igualdad de oportunidades. También son varios los trabajos que intentan entender el papel que desempeñan en las mencionadas preferencias las percepciones de justicia de los individuos (Fong, 2001; Alesina y Angeletos, 2005; Alesina y Giuliano, 2009). Se intenta vincular con mayor precisión estas dos esferas, las cuales presentan un fuerte anclaje subjetivo. En concreto, se estudia en qué medida las preferencias por la redistribución pueden quedar determinadas por percepciones individuales heterogéneas de la igualdad de oportunidades. Se pone particular énfasis en los argumentos teóricos que sirve de base para que las percepciones de justicia influyan en la utilidad de los individuos, donde se ven reflejadas las preferencias por la redistribución. A diferencias de los trabajos que le anteceden, y que se centran en explicaciones basadas en el altruismo de las personas, en este capítulo el argumento se desplaza hacia la reciprocidad generada a partir de la interacción entre los individuos. Este último elemento asocia el papel jugado por el sentido de justicia a la identidad de las personas (Akerlof y Kranton, 2010), y por ende es formado a partir de la interacción con el grupo de pares.

Lengua, nación e identidad

Lengua, nación e identidad
Author: Kirsten Süselbeck
Publisher: Iberoamericana Editorial
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2008
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9788484893707

Papers presented at the "Coloquio Internacional Relaciones entre Lengua, Naciâon, Indentidad y Poder en Espaäna, Hispanoamâerica y Estados Unidos", held June 2-4, 2005, in Berlin.

Power and Dissent

Power and Dissent
Author: Donald Earl Schurlknight
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780838757314

An investigation into how Larra (pseudonym Figaro) exposes the power relations that exist between and among individuals and the classes that form "society," this work provides a close reading in a postmodern vein of the satirical writer's duly famous articles penned- and published mostly between March 1835 and the summer of 1836. Casting light on the development of Larra's thought on power relations at this critical stage of his political life, this study offers a chronological, step-by-step analysis of the evolution of Larra's thoughts on power and politics.

Listen, We Need to Talk

Listen, We Need to Talk
Author: Brian F. Harrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190654759

Individuals typically resist changing their minds, but support for same-sex marriage increased from 35% to 61% between 2006-2016. What explains this anomaly? In Listen, We Need to Talk, Brian F. Harrison and Melissa R. Michelson present new theory and experiments to show that people will often change their attitudes about LGBT rights when they find out that people with whom they share an identity are supporters of those rights.

Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities

Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities
Author: John Arzinos
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2021-12-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1464817758

Despite legal and social advances in the past two decades, sexual and gender minorities continue to face widespread discrimination and violence in many countries. This discrimination and violence lead to exclusion, which adversely impacts their lives, as well as the communities and economies in which they live. A major barrier to addressing this stigma and sexual orientation and gender identity(SOGI)-based exclusion is the lack of SOGI-specific data. Robust, quantitative data on di‚fferential development experiences and outcomes of sexual and gender minorities--especially those in developing countries--is extremely thin. This paucity of data jeopardizes the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and countries' commitment to the principle of 'leaving no one behind' in the eff‚ort to end poverty and inequality. 'Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities' assesses the unique challenges that sexual and gender minorities face in six important areas: (i) Criminalization and SOGI (ii) Access to education (iii) Access to the labor market (iv) Access to public services and social protection (v) Civil and political inclusion (vi) Protection from hate crimes. This report cov‚ers numerous policy recommendations to prevent and eliminate discriminatory practices in all of the areas covered. It also seeks to inflŽuence legislative changes and support research on institutions and regulations that can ultimately lead to poverty reduction and shared prosperity. At the same time, it acknowledges that the mere existence of inclusive laws and regulations does not ensure that sexual and gender minorities are free from discrimination--the enforcement of those laws is crucial. This publication, the first in a series of studies, will be expanded from the 16 countries included here to a wider set of countries for more in-depth quantitative analysis and to identify possible correlations with socioeconomic outcomes. It will seek to deepen knowledge, facilitate peer learning of good practices, and encourage reforms to increase the inclusion of sexual and gender minorities.