Economic Rights and Distributive Justice in Developing Societies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6411816 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles R Beitz (Swarthmore College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-346 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2010206 |
| OpenAlex | W2125709907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 31 |
This essay seeks to answer an important question of normative political theory concerning the developing countries: What claims to economic benefits are people justified in pressing against governments that are preoccupied with the development of their economies? Two alternative principles of distributive justice—the principle of maximizing growth and the principle of minimizing poverty—are examined with special reference to the circumstances of developing societies. An attempt is made to bring intergenerational considerations systematically to bear on the problem of economic rights in the present. It is concluded that there is an absolute minimum level of welfare to which everyone is entitled, and that this level is usefully conceived in terms of “basic needs
Developing country · Development economics · Distributive justice · Distributive property · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economic system · Economics · Inequality · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Poverty · Public economics · Welfare · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Economic theory and under-developed regions
Law, morality, and society
Economic Growth and Social Equity in Developing Countries
Intergenerational Equity and Exhaustible Resources
A Theory of Justice
Preference and Urgency
Justice between generations
Some Ordinalist-Utilitarian Notes on Rawls's Theory of Justice
Collective Choice and Social Welfare
The Liberal Theory of Justice
Economic Growth and Income Inequality
Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour
Distribution and development
The changing tolerance for income inequality in the course of economic development
Distribution and development
Obligations to Future Generations
Rich and Poor Nations in the World Economy
Beyond the North-South Stalemate
On Optimising the Rate of Saving
A Mathematical Theory of Saving
Political theory and international relations
Development For What
The Changing Tolerance for Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Development
Quantitative Aspects of the Economic Growth of Nations
Can the Maximin Principle Serve as a Basis for Morality? A Critique of John Rawls's Theory
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2006 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |