Projectdetails

Titel	:	Social Justice and the New Welfare State: What Does Justice between Parents and Non-Parents, Justice between Caring Men and Women, and Justice for the Elderly Entail?
Hoofdaanvrager	:	Prof. dr. I.A.M. Robeyns
Verbonden aan	:	Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Uitvoerder(s)	:	Prof. dr. I.A.M. Robeyns Dr. A. Schinkel Dr. A. Gheaus
Plaats van uitvoering	:	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Faculteit der Wijsbegeerte
Looptijd	:	10/01/2006 tot 09/30/2011
Strategisch doel	:	Talent
Budget	:	Eur 405,600.00 voor personele kosten
Subsidie-instrument	:	Vernieuwingsimpuls Vidi

Samenvatting

Recent social changes -aging and the changing nature of parenthood and gender roles- are prompting a reform of the welfare state. This project aims to study the normative foundations of the reform of the welfare state institutions and policies that these social changes necessitate. In other words, what does social justice require from this new welfare state?

It has been acknowledged that such explicit normative foundations are often lacking in welfare state analyses. Unfortunately, the social justice literature in ethics/political philosophy offers little guidance for analysing these social changes. It is crucial to take a life course perspective, which focuses on the systematic links between children, adult working life, old age, and the particular problems of working mothers. This project focuses on social justice with respect to three dimensions of such a life course perspective: parenthood, old age, and gender. Each project will analyse the principles of justice that should be met for that particular dimension, and examine which social institutions and policies are most suited to advance justice in that area. In addition, the entire Vidi-group will collaborate to examine which social institutions and policies advance justice on all three fronts, rather than only addressing justice related to one dimension of the life course.

The importance of this project lies on two fronts. On the scientific front, the project will (1) advance knowledge that is currently virtually non-existing, (2) complement the predominantly socio-economic literature on the new welfare state with insights from political theory, (3) cross-fertilise insights from the social sciences and ethics/political philosophy and (4) introduce a life-course perspective in social justice studies. In addition, the project is also important on the policy front, since it is addressing a pressing social issue that will only become more important and urgent in coming years.

Producten

Artikelen

• Prof. dr. I.A.M. Robeyns (2006). Capabilities en rechtvaardigheid. filosofie en praktijk. pp. 5-16
• Dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2007). De autonomie van de barende vrouw. Filosofie en Praktijk. pp. 33-36
• Drs. LMI Pronk (2007). De bevrijding voorbij. Filosofie en Praktijk. pp. 50-56
• Dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2007). Le concept de capabilite d'Amartya Sen est-il utile pour l'economie feministe?. Nouvelles Questions Feministes. pp. 45-59
• Dr. IAM Robeyns (2007). Sociale rechtvaardigheid, socio-demografische verandering en de nieuwe welvaartstaat. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte. pp. 203-210
• Dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2007). Rechtvaardigheid en de verzorgingsstaat. Beleid en Maatschappij. pp. 92-94
• Dr. RHM Pierik, Prof. dr. I.A.M. Robeyns (2007). Resources versus capabilities: social endowments in egalitarian theory. Political Studies. pp. 133-152
• Prof. dr. I.A.M. Robeyns (2008). Ideal Theory in Theory and Practice. Social Theory and Practice. pp. 341-362. ISSN 0037-802x.
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2008). Introduction: Revisiting the Feminism and Basic Income Debate. Basic Income Studies. pp. 1-6
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2009). G.A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality. Ethics. pp. 

Bijdragen aan boeken

• Dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, Dr J Browne (2007). When will society be gender just?. in: The Future of Gender. Cambridge: . pp. 54-74. ISBN 9780521874410.
• Prof. dr. I.A.M. Robeyns, Prof. M. Qizilbash, Dr S. Alkire, Dr F. Comim (2008). Sen's Capability Approach and Feminist Concerns. in: The Capability Approach. Cambridge: . pp. 82-104. ISBN 97805218262875.
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, prof. dr. D.A. Crocker, Prof. dr. C Morris (2009). Capability and Agency. in: The Philosophy of Amartya Sen. New York: . pp. 60-90
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, prof. dr. K. Basu, Prof. dr. R Kanbur (2009). Justice as Fairness and the Capability Approach. in: Arguments for a Better World. Oxford: . pp. 397-413
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, dr. S. Deneulin (2009). Equality and Justice. in: The Human Capital and Capability Approaches. New York: . pp. 
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, Prof. dr. E Chiappero-Martinetti (2009). Capabilities and theories of justice. in: Debating Global Society. Rearch and Limit of the capability approach. Milano: . pp. 
• Prof. dr. H Brighouse, Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, prof dr H. Brighouse, Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2010). Introduction: Social primary goods and capabilities as metrics of justice. in: Measuring Justice: Primary Goods and Capabilities. Cambridge: . pp. 1-13
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns (2010). Gender and the metric of justice. in: Measuring Justice: Primary Goods and Capabilities. Cambridge: . pp. 215-235
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, prof. Dr. A. Apffel-Marglin, S. Kumar (2010). How can the capability approach be used to serve marginalized communities?. in: Interrogating Development. Insights from the Margins. New Delhi: . pp. 234-261
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, prof. dr. Ch. Bauhardt, Dr. G. Caglar (2010). Feminism, Basic Income and the Welfare State. in: Gender and Economics. Feministische Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie. Wiesbaden: . pp. 132-148
• Prof. dr. I. A. M. Robeyns, A. Owens, Ch. Borderias, M. Arizzabalaga (2010). Social Justice and the Gendered Division of Labour: Possibilities and Limits of the Capability Approach. in: Gender Inequalities, Households, and the Production of Well-being in Modern Europe. London: . pp. 25-40