Inequalities and Perception of Justice: From Local to Global
Course code
YID6025.YM
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Ebavõrdsused ja õiglustaju: kohalikust globaalseni
Course title in English
Inequalities and Perception of Justice: From Local to Global
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Triin Lauri (language of instruction:English)
lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The student has an understanding of various forms of inequality and the interdisciplinarity of the development of perceptions and concepts of justice and fairness. Additionally, the student is capable of interpreting key statistics related to inequalities.
Brief description of the course
The interdisciplinary seminar in social sciences and humanities examines what inequality is and how it is perceived. What types of inequalities exist? Beyond financial and socioeconomic inequality, how can we think about cultural or environmental inequality? How are inequality and justice, as well as fairness perceptions, interconnected? The primary focus is on Estonia and its recent history, but we also explore the longer history of inequality and its international structures.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the theoretical approaches to inequality and its perception, as well as the history of inequality and policies aimed at mitigating it;
- is familiar with general statistics on international and domestic inequality;
- is capable of distributive analysis of various policies and everyday situations, considering both the distributional outcomes and how prior inequalities shape current circumstances;
- can identify different facets of inequality beyond basic financial inequality, such as cultural, gender, age-based, racial, and environmental inequalities.
- understands the theoretical approaches to inequality and its perception, as well as the history of inequality and policies aimed at mitigating it;
- is familiar with general statistics on international and domestic inequality;
- is capable of distributive analysis of various policies and everyday situations, considering both the distributional outcomes and how prior inequalities shape current circumstances;
- can identify different facets of inequality beyond basic financial inequality, such as cultural, gender, age-based, racial, and environmental inequalities.
Teacher
Triin Lauri
Additional information
Maarja Kaaristo https://www.tlu.ee/inimesed/maarja-kaaristo
Gustav Kalm https://www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/en/kalm-gustav/
Gustav Kalm https://www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/en/kalm-gustav/