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Denying reciprocity

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ID6259983
AuthorsDavid Jenkins (0000-0002-7633-7027, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume15
Issue3
Pages312-332
Publication date2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-8851 • E-ISSN: 1741-2730
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1474885115569513
OpenAlexW4242318183
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

When individuals receive benefits as a result of the burdens assumed by other people, they are expected to make a return in similar form. To do otherwise is considered as a failure to treat those other people with appropriate respect. It is this which justifies the expectation that individuals share in the labour that is necessary to preserve just institutions and productive practices that characterise complex schemes of social cooperation. In this paper, I argue that where benefits do not meet thresholds specifying the expected function and efficacy of those benefits, this does not simply issue in a ‘downward adjustment’ in the work expectations and reciprocal demands that are made of people. Rather, it legitimates refusal to engage in productive labour even where limited benefits are still being received. Other costs and obligations emerge that contribute to the creation of disruptive political, economic and social associations. These not only replace the demands of reciprocity but actively target and disrupt the practices and exchanges that give form to reciprocity

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,22
Citation span2017 - 2018 (2)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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