The Zuma Affair,Labour and the Future of Democracy in South Africa |
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| Authors: | Carolyn Bassett Marlea Clarke |
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| Institution: | 1. Atkinson Faculty , York University , Assistant Professor at York University. She can be reached at the School of Social Sciences, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, M3J 1P3, Canada E-mail: cbassett@yorku.ca;2. McMaster University, Labour Studies Programme , post-doctoral fellow in the Labour Studies Programme at McMaster University, She can be reached at McMaster University, Labour Studies Programme, 1280 Main St. West, Kenneth Taylor Hall, Room 717, Hamilton, Canada , L8S 4M4 E-mail: mjclark@mcmaster.ca |
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| Abstract: | This review article critically analyses the contribution of Amartya Sen's The Idea of Justice to development studies. On the basis of examples of unjust situations derived from Sen's writings, the article discusses the limited reach of The Idea of Justice in addressing concrete cases of injustice. It contends that remedying injustice requires an understanding of how justice is structural, which recognises that discussion of justice is inseparable from reasoning about the nature of the good society. The article concludes by pointing out The Idea of Justice's ambiguous relationship with liberalism. |
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