Workshop: ‘Justice in Work and Production’
Workshops in Political Theory, 6th Annual Conference - September 2-4,
2009 - Manchester Metropolitan University
Workshop Convenors: Keith Breen (Queen’s University Belfast,
k.breen@qub.ac.uk) and Russell Keat (University of Edinburgh,
russell.keat@ed.ac.uk)
The goal of this workshop is to explore questions of justice posed by the
reality of contemporary work generally and by the ideal of ‘meaningful
work’ specifically. Papers are welcomed from researchers working in the
disciplines of political, social, and economic philosophy/theory. Key
themes and areas of focus include, but are certainly not limited to, the
following:
•‘Varieties of capitalism’, economic organization, and the prospects for
meaningful work
• Meaningful work, justice, and worker democracy
• Meaningful work, perfectionism, and anti-perfectionism
• Meaningful work, ethics, and the ‘good life’
• Management, industrial production processes, and worker autonomy
• Work, justice, and ownership of the means of production
• Liberal egalitarianism, socialism, and meaningful work
• Meaningful work, justice, gender, and the household
• Socialization, worker education, and meaningful work
• Justice, responsibility, and the distribution of ‘hard work’
If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, please send
an abstract of 150-300 words to Keith Breen (k.breen@qub.ac.uk) by 1st
June 2009.
