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Coercion and (Global) Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

LAURA VALENTINI
LAURA VALENTINI*
Affiliation:
Queen's College, University of Oxford
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Laura Valentini is Junior Research Fellow in Politics, Queen's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK OX1 4AW. ([email protected]).
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Abstract

In this article, I develop a new account of the liberal view that principles of justice (in general) are meant to justify state coercion, and consider its implications for the question of global socioeconomic justice (in particular). Although contemporary proponents of this view deny that principles of socioeconomic justice apply globally, on my newly developed account this conclusion is mistaken. I distinguish between two types of coercion, systemic and interactional, and argue that a plausible theory of global justice should contain principles justifying both. The justification of interactional coercion requires principles regulating interstate interference; that of systemic coercion requires principles of global socioeconomic justice. I argue that the proposed view not only helps us make progress in the debate on global justice, but also offers an independently compelling and systematic account of the function and conditions of applicability of justice.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 105 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 205 - 220
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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