Douglas Yates is Associate Professor of Organization and Management and Political Science, Yale University. He won the 1973 Leonard D. White Prize of the American Political Science Association. Jennifer L. Hochschild is Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University.
It will be impossible from now on to discuss equality
intelligently, or to claim expertise in the subject, without having
read this book. * American Political Science Review *
A brilliant work of analytical scholarship dealing with the
classical concept of equality which 'intends neither criticism of
the ideal nor unilateral endorsement of it.' * Choice *
This is an excellent example of the kind of rigor and precision
that is necessary if we are to deal adequately with fundamental
political values. The principle of equality is hardly
self-explanatory. There are, logically, many different kinds of
relative inequality, and each has different implications as a
measure of social justice and public policy. -- Charles Anderson,
University of Wisconsin
Equalities is an outstanding book. It represents an
intellectual achievement of extraordinary merit. I found the
manuscript fascinating reading. And the book illuminates a
tremendously important problem in public policy today-the problem
of distributing public goods in such a way that individual and
group entitlements are properly regarded. -- Samuel C. Patterson,
University of Iowa
Douglas Rae's Equalities is a clear-headed and clearly
presented exploration of some of the most difficult issues of
democratic government. More than most such explorations, it will be
of great interest and assistance to unspecialized citizens as well
as to political scientists and philosophers. -- Austin Ranney,
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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