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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Joachim Behnke
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Displayed in timetable as:
Inequality a Justice
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
5 | 18
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
Over the last years the topic of inequality has gained attention in the context of scientific and societal debates. These debates about the increasing gap between the rich and the poor in a society and about different political possibilities to participate and different capabilities in a general sense are taking place in the realm of sociology, philosophy, political science and economics.In the seminar the concept of inequality is discussed under the perspectives of the disciplines of sociology, economics and political philosophy. Also it is examined what conditions of inequality constitute violations of concepts of justice.Specific areas are dealt with, in which problems of inequality and injustice arise. Furthermore the seminar focuses on the causes and consequences of inequality and injustice and political instruments are discussed, which are appropriate to eliminate or mitigate the problems of inequality and injustice. The seminar deals with the topic by the perspective of normative political theory as well as by the perspective of empirical findings in behavioral economics and social psychology.
Mandatory literature:
Larry Bartels (2018): Unequal Democracy. Princeton
Thomas Scanlon (2018): Why does inequality matter? Oxford: Oxford University Press
Joseph Stiglitz (2012): Price of Inequality. New York: Norton
Richard Wilkinson und Kate Pickett (2012): The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. London: Penguin
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