{"product_id":"social-justice-in-contemporary-housing-9781138486072","title":"Social Justice in Contemporary Housing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy is not usually seen as a guidance for modern housing policy, but in this new book, Dr Helen Taylor argues that there is something innovative, unusual, and worth discussing about the application of philosophy to housing. The philosophical framework used within this book is John Rawlsâ conception of justice as fairness. The UK has gone through several shifts in housing policy over the past decade, most recently by introducing the controversial âBedroom Taxâ, in an effort to make more cuts to benefits and social welfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Justice in Contemporary Housing: Applying Rawlsâ Difference Principle suggests that by using ideas of agency we can understand the impact that social policy has on individuals and wider society. The work outlines the liberal principle of legitimacy and argues that Rawlsâ concept of reasonableness can, and should, be used to justify the intervention of policy in individualsâ lives. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 – Housing Studies, Philosophy, and Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe epistemological foundations of housing studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between philosophy and policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplied philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicy: homelessness and housing first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 – The Role of the Reasonable in Public Justification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two moral powers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe use of reasonableness as a regulatory mechanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA political conception of justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe liberal principle of legitimacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying reasonableness to social policy: The ‘Bedroom Tax’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 – A Rawlsian Account of Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustice as fairness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe difference principle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying the difference principle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustifying the use of the difference principle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflective equilibrium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtending the concept of reflective equilibrium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 – Primary Goods: An Appropriate Metric?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCriticisms of primary goods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternative metrics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevising primary goods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 – Self-Command and Basic Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-respect as a primary good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-command and social freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revised metric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 – Applying Philosophy to Housing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modified test\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplication to policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407221498199,"sku":"9781138486072","price":52.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-justice-in-contemporary-housing-9781138486072","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}