The Ethics and Economics of Slave Redemption
Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g
ISBN: 978-0-691-13010-1
Verlag: Princeton University Press
If "slavery" is defined broadly to include bonded child labor and forced prostitution, there are upward of 25 million slaves in the world today. Individuals and groups are freeing some slaves by buying them from their enslavers. But slave redemption is as controversial today as it was in pre-Civil War America. In Buying Freedom, Kwame Anthony Appiah and Martin Bunzl bring together economists, anthropologists, historians, and philosophers for the first comprehensive examination of the practical and ethical implications of slave redemption. While recognizing the obvious virtue of the desire to buy the freedom of slaves, the contributors ask difficult and troubling questions: Does redeeming slaves actually increase the demand for--and so the number of--slaves? And what about cases where it is far from clear that redemption will improve the material condition, or increase the real freedom, of a slave? Buying Freedom includes essays by the editors and by Dean Karlan and Alan Krueger, Carol Ann Rogers and Kenneth Swinnerton, Arnab Basu and Nancy Chau, Stanley Engerman, Jonathan Conning and Michael Kevane, Jok Madut Jok, Ann McDougall, Lisa Cook, Margaret Kellow, John Stauffer, and Howard McGary.
Fachgebiete
- Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword by Kevin Bales vii
Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Martin Bunzl 1
PART I: THE ECONOMICS OF REDEMPTION 7
Chapter 1: Some Simple Analytics of Slave Redemption by Dean S. Karlan and Alan B. Krueger 9
Chapter 2: Slave Redemption When It Takes Time to Redeem Slaves by Carol Ann Rogers and Kenneth A. Swinnerton 20
Chapter 3: An Exploration of the Worst Forms of Child Labor: Is Redemption a Viable Option? by Arnab K. Basu and Nancy H. Chau 37
Chapter 4: Slavery, Freedom, and Sen by Stanley Engerman 77
Chapter 5: Freedom, Servitude, and Voluntary Contracts by Jonathan Conning and Michael Kevane 108
PART II: ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 141
Chapter 6: Slavery and Slave Redemption in the Sudan by Jok Madut Jok 143
Chapter 7: Dilemmas in the Practice of Rachat in French West Africa by E. Ann McDougall 158
PART III: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS 179
Chapter 8: The End of Serfdom in Russia-Lessons for Sudan? by Lisa D. Cook 181
Chapter 9: Conflicting Imperatives: Black and White American Abolitionists Debate Slave Redemption by Margaret M. R. Kellow 200
Chapter 10: Frederick Douglass and the Politics of Slave Redemptions by John Stauffer 213
PART IV: PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 223
Chapter 11: The Moral Quandary of Slave Redemption by Howard McGary 225
Chapter 12: The Next Best Thing by Martin Bunzl 235
Chapter 13: What's Wrong with Slavery? by Kwame Anthony Appiah 249
Appendix: "They Call Us Animals," Testimonies of Abductees and Slaves in Sudan by Jok Madut Jok 259
List of Contributors 269
Index 271
