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Dr Philip Cook is a lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh.

What we talk about when we talk about equality

December 22, 2017 by Philip Cook Leave a Comment

In 2015 Professor Richard Freeman from the Academy of Government at Edinburgh Uni convened a group to discuss inequality. In 2017, after much further debate, all 22 participants contributed to a Postcards from Scotland book called Working for Equality: Policy, politics, people edited by Richard Freeman, Fiona McHardy and Danny Murphy. In the first of three extracts Philip Cooke reflects on the vital role of respect.

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