Wealth
nomos lviii
$148.69
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2017
Summary
An in-depth political, legal, and philosophical study into the implications of wealth inequality in modern societies. Wealth, and specifically its distribution, has been a topic of great debate in recent years. Calls for justice against corporations implicated in the 2008 financial crash; populist rallying against “the one percent”; distrust of the influence of wealthy donors on elections and policy—all of these issues have their roots in a larger discussion of how wealth operates in Amer…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479827008 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1479827002 |
| Author: | Jack Knight, Melissa Schwartzberg |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
| Series: | NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy |
About The Author
Jack Knight
Jack Knight is the Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University. His primary areas of interest lie at the intersection of law and politics. His major research focuses on issues in modern social and political theory, law and legal theory, and the political economy of institutions. His publications include Institutions and Social Conflict, The Choices Justices Make (with Lee Epstein), and The Priority of Democracy (with James Johnson).
Melissa Schwartzberg is Silver Professor of Politics at New York University. She is the author of Counting the Many: The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule and Democracy and Legal Change.
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