MODELS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: FACETED ACTION SYSTEM APPROACH
Course Description
Central issues in economics and social policy, such as quality of life and distributive justice, suffer from ambiguities that make it difficult to define and measure them. The aim of this course is to examine how can such issues be investigated and discussed in a fruitful manner. Following a brief review of main approaches to the study of the two topics of this course, quality of life and distributive justice, we demonstrate how the faceted action system theoretical approach permits their comprehensive definition and measurement as well as facilitates their improved discourse and research. Examples are given of urban renewal, decision making, the just allocation of educational resources and more.
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