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Equality of Opportunity.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (130 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674042872
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Equality of OpportunityDDC classification:
  • 330.12/6
LOC classification:
  • HB846
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Circumstances, Types, and Autonomous Choice -- 3. Justifying the Proposal -- 4. A Formal Definition of Equality of Opportunity -- 5. Incentive Properties of the EOp Mechanism -- 6. Equality of Opportunity with Production -- 7. Equality of Opportunity for Welfare -- 8. Equality of Opportunity for Health -- 9. Education and Advantage -- 10. Equal-Opportunity Unemployment Insurance -- 11. The EOp Distribution of Educational Financein the United States -- 12. The Scope and Extent of Equal Opportunity -- 13. To What Extent Should We Equalize Opportunities? -- 14. Affirmative Action -- 15. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.
Summary: John Roemer argues that there is a "before" and an "after" in the notion of equality of opportunity: before the competition starts, opportunities must be equalized; after it begins, individuals are on their own. The different views of equal opportunity should be judged according to where they place the starting gate.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Circumstances, Types, and Autonomous Choice -- 3. Justifying the Proposal -- 4. A Formal Definition of Equality of Opportunity -- 5. Incentive Properties of the EOp Mechanism -- 6. Equality of Opportunity with Production -- 7. Equality of Opportunity for Welfare -- 8. Equality of Opportunity for Health -- 9. Education and Advantage -- 10. Equal-Opportunity Unemployment Insurance -- 11. The EOp Distribution of Educational Financein the United States -- 12. The Scope and Extent of Equal Opportunity -- 13. To What Extent Should We Equalize Opportunities? -- 14. Affirmative Action -- 15. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.

John Roemer argues that there is a "before" and an "after" in the notion of equality of opportunity: before the competition starts, opportunities must be equalized; after it begins, individuals are on their own. The different views of equal opportunity should be judged according to where they place the starting gate.

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