In this article I reply to four critics. Responding to Linda Alcoff, I contend that my original two-
dimensional framework discloses the entwinement of economic and cultural strands of …

This article argues that a theory of recognition cannot provide the comprehensive basis for a
critical theory or a conception of social justice. In this respect, I agree with Fraser's impulse to …

This controversial new look at democracy in a multicultural society considers the ideals of
political inclusion and exclusion, and recommends ways to engage in democratic politics in …

Recent work in political theory has examined progressive political movements in terms of the
claims made by these movements for redistribution and recognition. Rather than accepting a …

According to several authors, the politics of recognition are at an impasse. The politicization
of identity, they claim, relies on a hermetic and essentialist conception of culture. Although …

Refuting the argument to choose between" the politics of recognition" and the" politics of
redistribution," Justice Interruptus integrates the best aspects of both …

'Politics of recognition', as an alternative and/or as a complement to the socialist politics or
'politics of redistribution', to use Nancy Fraser's terminology (2000), became more and more …

This article is a critique of what Ruth Levitas calls the 'redistributionist discourse'on social
exclusion. While outlining a number of factors that have caused the living standards and …

Citizenship is one of the defining social and political categories of modernity. Its
conceptualization is strongly tied to the emergence of nation-states and the structuring of …

This chapter addresses both the more theoretical and the more policyoriented themes of this
volume. It begins with an overview of how some of the theoretical literature on social justice …