In the Name of Liberty

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-81859-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 429 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

For years now, unionization has been under vigorous attack. Membership has been steadily declining, and with it union bargaining power. As a result, unions may soon lose their ability to protect workers from economic and personal abuse, as well as their significance as a political force. In the Name of Liberty responds to this worrying state of affairs by presenting a new argument for unionization, one that derives an argument for universal unionization in both the private and public sector from concepts of liberty that we already accept. In short, In the Name of Liberty reclaims the argument for liberty from the political right, and shows how liberty not only requires the unionization of every workplace as a matter of background justice, but also supports a wide variety of other progressive policies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reiff, Mark R

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The libertarian argument for unions; 2. The union as a basic institution of society; 3. In defense of public sector unionization.

Über Autor(innen)

Reiff, Mark R
Mark R. Reiff is the author of four previous books: On Unemployment, Volume I and II (2015), Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State (2013), and Punishment, Compensation, and Law (Cambridge, 2005).