Perpetuating Advantage: Mechanisms of Structural Injustice

Injustices are perpetuated through seemingly innocent workings of social structures, such as social position, networks, language, social expectations and norms, reputation, and organization. Robert Goodin identifies several fundamental mechanisms of structural injustice, including scale effects and attention scarcities, and explores what can be done to overcome them.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Injustices, at their core, manifest as blatant acts perpetrated by identifiable individuals. However, these injustices often find their foothold in the seemingly harmless workings of innocuous social structures. Critics of structural injustice swiftly expose this ruse, pointing out the various sites where these injustices reside without delving into the intricate mechanisms that perpetuate them. The question remains: By what precise mechanisms are unfair advantages and disadvantages sustained? What actionable steps can we take to disrupt these mechanisms? This book, penned by Robert Goodin, aims to shed light on these critical questions. Goodin identifies several fundamental mechanisms of structural injustice, including social position, networks, language, social expectations and norms, reputation, and organization. His comprehensive discussion draws upon a diverse array of social sciences, infused with a philosopher's discerning eye and elucidated with a skillful turn of phrase. By meticulously examining each of these mechanisms, Goodin uncovers their commonalities. The underlying drivers, he reveals, are a combination of scale effects and attention scarcities. This interplay of factors both limits and informs our ability to address the various nefarious mechanisms that perpetuate unfair social advantage and disadvantage.

Injustices, at their core, manifest as blatant acts perpetrated by identifiable individuals. However, these injustices often find their foothold in the seemingly harmless workings of innocuous social structures. Critics of structural injustice swiftly expose this ruse, pointing out the various sites where these injustices reside without delving into the intricate mechanisms that perpetuate them. The question remains: By what precise mechanisms are unfair advantages and disadvantages sustained? What actionable steps can we take to disrupt these mechanisms? This book, penned by Robert Goodin, aims to shed light on these critical questions. Goodin identifies several fundamental mechanisms of structural injustice, including social position, networks, language, social expectations and norms, reputation, and organization. His comprehensive discussion draws upon a diverse array of social sciences, infused with a philosopher's discerning eye and elucidated with a skillful turn of phrase. By meticulously examining each of these mechanisms, Goodin uncovers their commonalities. The underlying drivers, he reveals, are a combination of scale effects and attention scarcities. This interplay of factors both limits and informs our ability to address the various nefarious mechanisms that perpetuate unfair social advantage and disadvantage.

Injustices, at their core, manifest as blatant acts perpetrated by identifiable individuals. However, these injustices often find their foothold in the seemingly harmless workings of innocuous social structures. Critics of structural injustice swiftly expose this ruse, pointing out the various sites where these injustices reside without delving into the intricate mechanisms that perpetuate them. The question remains: By what precise mechanisms are unfair advantages and disadvantages sustained? What actionable steps can we take to disrupt these mechanisms? This book, penned by Robert Goodin, aims to shed light on these critical questions. Goodin identifies several fundamental mechanisms of structural injustice, including social position, networks, language, social expectations and norms, reputation, and organization. His comprehensive discussion draws upon a diverse array of social sciences, infused with a philosopher's discerning eye and elucidated with a skillful turn of phrase. By meticulously examining each of these mechanisms, Goodin uncovers their commonalities. The underlying drivers, he reveals, are a combination of scale effects and attention scarcities. This interplay of factors both limits and informs our ability to address the various nefarious mechanisms that perpetuate unfair social advantage and disadvantage.

Injustices, at their core, manifest as blatant acts perpetrated by identifiable individuals. However, these injustices often find their foothold in the seemingly harmless workings of innocuous social structures. Critics of structural injustice swiftly expose this ruse, pointing out the various sites where these injustices reside without delving into the intricate mechanisms that perpetuate them. The question remains: By what precise mechanisms are unfair advantages and disadvantages sustained? What actionable steps can we take to disrupt these mechanisms? This book, penned by Robert Goodin, aims to shed light on these critical questions. Goodin identifies several fundamental mechanisms of structural injustice, including social position, networks, language, social expectations and norms, reputation, and organization. His comprehensive discussion draws upon a diverse array of social sciences, infused with a philosopher's discerning eye and elucidated with a skillful turn of phrase. By meticulously examining each of these mechanisms, Goodin uncovers their commonalities. The underlying drivers, he reveals, are a combination of scale effects and attention scarcities. This interplay of factors both limits and informs our ability to address the various nefarious mechanisms that perpetuate unfair social advantage and disadvantage.

Weight: 568g
Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780192888204