Approaches to Public Goods: Solidarity and Social Justice

Friday May 13

09:00                          Coffee, registration

09:15                          Welcome/introductory remarks

09:30 – 12:00              Approaches to Solidarity

Mara Marin, University of Frankfurt: Relational Solidarity as Commitment

 Charles Lesch, Harvard University: Social Citizenship: A Theory of Non-Rationalism and Liberal Solidarity

 Waheed Hussein, University of Toronto: Dog Eat Dog: Institutions, Rivalry and Solidarity

12:00 – 13:00                        Lunch

13:00 – 15:30                        The Solidarity Economy

Craig Borowiak, Haverford College and Keally McBride, University of San Francisco Solidarity Economy vs. Sharing Economy:  A Comparison of San Francisco and Philadelphia

 Thilo Schaefer, University of Toronto: The Provision of Public Goods in the Emerging Sharing Economy

15:30 – 16:00                        Coffee

16:00 – 18:00            Solidarity, Legitimacy and Citizenship

Margaret Kohn, University of Toronto,  Solidarism and Social Rights

Rutger Claassen, Utrecht University, Property as a Basis for Political Legitimacy: Towards another Conception?

 Saturday May 14

 

09:00 – 11:00            Approaches to Public Goods (I): Justificatory Concerns

Avigail Ferdman, University of Toronto, Perfectionist Considerations in the Distribution of Non-Universal Public Goods

 Patrick Turmel, Université Laval, Justification of Taxation: From Public Goods to Solidarity

11:00 – 11:15                        Coffee

11:15 – 13:15      Approaches to Public Goods (II): Distributive concerns

David Robichaud, University of Ottawa, Freedom and Taxation

 Karel Martens, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Radboud University, Distributive Justice and Transportation Planning

Michael Kessler, Trinity College, University of Toronto, “Engaging the Reluctant Taxpayer: how to justify public support for the arts” 

13:15 – 14:30                        Lunch

14:30 – 16:00                        The Politics of Solidarity

Chair: Ronit Levine-Schnur

Avery Kolers, University of Louisville, In and Out of the Vanguard of Brownfields Reclamation

Thad Williamson, University of Richmond, Community Wealth Building: The Experience of Richmond, VA

Public Goods Workshop

 *This workshop has been funded by the SSHRC, with support from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Department of Political Science.

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