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for which- ever relations matter most to a person – be they familial, friendly, collegial, or geographical – there will always be some social role, to which is attached a role- ideal that that person will be motivated to pursue. And in virtue of pursuing this role- ideal, that person will have (internalist) reason to engage in transformative work.
What Is My Role in Changing the System? A New Model of Responsibility for Structural Injustice
Robin Zheng
the promise that growth will bring prosperity to all is still sold by transnational agencies such as the World Bank, and by national governments. It also forms a centrepiece of people’s hope for a better life if not for themselves, then for their children. The world over people invest in education, migrate to find work, and despise idleness because they see work and education as the route to making a better future for their families. They buy into a story of progress which suggests that through their own diligence and skill, and sometimes with entrepreneurship, a better future will come. Economic growth linked to progress is a hopeful, sometimes utopic narrative to which a great many people are fervently attached; they elect to make, or are forced to endure, huge sacrifices in its name.
After Development: Surplus Population and the Politics of Entitlement
Tania Murray Li
Taxation, especially in small-coalition settings, redistributes from those outside the coalition (the poor) to those inside the coalition (the rich).
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
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