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(2012), "2011 Awards for Excellence", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 39 No. 1/2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijse.2012.00639aaa.001
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2011 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2011 Awards for Excellence From: International Journal of Social Economics, Volume 39, Issue 1/2
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for International Journal of Social Economics
“R.G. Collingwood on civility and economic licentiousness”
Peter JohnsonDepartment of Philosophy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Purpose – Working on the assumption that civility is the core value of R.G. Collingwood's political philosophy, the paper aims to examine the capacity of civility to curb economic excess in the absence of distributive justice.Design/methodology/approach – The paper investigates the economic and political writings of Collingwood to see if they can be made to yield restraints on economic excess when based on civility alone. Comparisons are drawn between Collingwood and modern liberal philosophers such as John Rawls in order to identify where Collingwood stands on key concepts in the argument. Contrasts are established with Hobbes and Ruskin on the issues at stake, so clarifying what can be drawn from Collingwood on the specific topic under discussion.Findings – The paper concludes that there is theoretical scope within Collingwood's political writings for a curb on economic excess in the absence of a concept of distributive justice, even though this takes a different form from the approach of modern liberals such as John Rawls.Originality/value – It is shown that Collingwood's economic writings are relevant to modern discussions of social justice even when it is civility and not justice that is Collingwood's main focus.
Keywords: Civil and political rights, Justice, Economics, Political philosophy
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03068291011082810
This article originally appeared in Volume 37 Number 11, 2010, pp. 839-51, of International Journal of Social Economics
The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
“Heterodox influences on Schumpeter”
Panayotis G. Michaelides, John G. Milios, Angelos Vouldis and Spyros Lapatsioras
This article originally appeared in Volume 37 Number 3, 2010, International Journal of Social Economics
“The liberal Hegelianism of Edward Caird: or, how to transcend the social economics of Kant and the romantics”
Colin Tyler
This article originally appeared in Volume 37 Number 11, 2010, International Journal of Social Economics
“Development of Zakah and Zakah coverage in monotheistic faiths”
Abdus Samad and Lowell M. Glenn
This article originally appeared in Volume 37 Number 4, 2010, International Journal of Social Economics
Outstanding reviewer
Professor Mr Daniel S MasonUniversity of Maryland, USA.
Professor Orlando GomesISCAL – Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal.