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Reflections on Iris Marion Young's Justice and the Politics of Difference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2008

Martha Ackelsberg  and
Mary Lyndon Shanley
Martha Ackelsberg
Affiliation:
Smith College
Mary Lyndon Shanley
Affiliation:
Vassar College
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In this brief contribution, we highlight some of the ways Iris Marion Young's Justice and the Politics of Difference has served as both a touchstone and a challenge to feminist political theorists struggling to deal with the complexities of “equality” and community. We look briefly at three seemingly different cases, showing how Young's critique of impartiality in this book helps to illuminate what is wrong with the recent Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools vs. Seattle School District No. 1 et al. It also helps us clarify our thinking about how to remedy unequal access to reproductive technologies and shows how the recognition of group difference is an important counterweight to a false universality.

Type
Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
Information
Politics & Gender , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 326 - 334
Copyright
Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2008

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