Rethinking Equality : The Challenge of Equal Citizenship

Accessible and comprehensive,Rethinking Equalityprovides a clear, critical and very up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories. Unusually, it also relates these theories to contemporary political practice, assessing them in relation to the impact of neoliberalism on contemporary welfare states, and the shift from "social" to "active" forms of citizenship. As well as representing a significant intervention within academic debates on equality and citizenship, this book represents essential reading for students of contemporary political theory.

Chris Armstrong is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton.