The Differentiation and Self-institutionalization of Social Subsystems: The Theoretical Intent of the Social Connection Model of Responsibility

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The Differentiation and Self-institutionalization of Social Subsystems: The Theoretical Intent of the Social Connection Model of Responsibility

Yue Qi 1*
  • 1 Peking University    
  • *corresponding author qiyue@stu.pku.edu.cn
Published on 28 November 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/26/20230880
LNEP Vol.26
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-163-6
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-164-3

Abstract

This paper responds to a critique of Iris Young’s social connection model of responsibility in addressing global justice issues. The critique argues that the model overlooks the significant impact of state domination in injustices worldwide and that institutional development at the national and international levels is the core approach to achieving global justice. The paper contends that the model’s emphasis on the importance of civil society organizations and its downplaying of state domination and institutional establishment results from Young’s awareness of the current social reality of social subsystem differentiation and the crucial role of self-institutionalization in addressing structural injustice. The paper argues that the theoretical purpose of the social connection model of responsibility is to reveal that the differentiation and self-institutionalization of social subsystems are both the causes of violations of individuals’ fundamental rights and a resolution to structural injustice.

Keywords:

social connection model of responsibility, global justice, structural injustice, social subsystem

Qi,Y. (2023). The Differentiation and Self-institutionalization of Social Subsystems: The Theoretical Intent of the Social Connection Model of Responsibility. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,26,143-148.
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[2]. I. M. Young (2010) Responsibility for Justice. Oxford University Press.

[3]. Amy Allen (2008) Power and the politics of difference: Oppression, empowerment, and transnational justice. Hypatia, 23(3). 156-172.

[4]. Rainer Forst (2007) Radical Justice: On Iris Marion Young’s Critique of the “Distributive Paradigm”. Constellations, 14(2). 260-265.

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[6]. Gunther Teubner (2012) Gareth Norbury trans. Constitutional Fragments: Societal Constitutionalism and Globalization, Oxford Constitutional Theory. 52.

[7]. I. M. Young (1990) Justice and the Politics of Difference, Princeton University Press. 37.

[8]. Gunther Teubner (2006) The Anonymous Matrix: Human RightsViolations by’Private’ Transnational Actors. The Modern Law Review. 69(3).

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Qi,Y. (2023). The Differentiation and Self-institutionalization of Social Subsystems: The Theoretical Intent of the Social Connection Model of Responsibility. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,26,143-148.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Politics and Socio-Humanities

ISBN：978-1-83558-163-6(Print) / 978-1-83558-164-3(Online)
Editor：Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Enrique Mallen
Conference website: https://www.icgpsh.org/
Conference date: 13 October 2023
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Volume number: Vol.26
ISSN：2753-7048(Print) / 2753-7056(Online)

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References

[1]. Marx/Engels (1845) Die deutsche Ideologie, in: Marx/Engels, Gesamtausgabe, Vol. I/5, 37. MECW 5. 47.

[2]. I. M. Young (2010) Responsibility for Justice. Oxford University Press.

[3]. Amy Allen (2008) Power and the politics of difference: Oppression, empowerment, and transnational justice. Hypatia, 23(3). 156-172.

[4]. Rainer Forst (2007) Radical Justice: On Iris Marion Young’s Critique of the “Distributive Paradigm”. Constellations, 14(2). 260-265.

[5]. I. M. Young (2006) Responsibility and global justice: A social connection model. Social philosophy and policy, 23(1). 102-128.

[6]. Gunther Teubner (2012) Gareth Norbury trans. Constitutional Fragments: Societal Constitutionalism and Globalization, Oxford Constitutional Theory. 52.

[7]. I. M. Young (1990) Justice and the Politics of Difference, Princeton University Press. 37.

[8]. Gunther Teubner (2006) The Anonymous Matrix: Human RightsViolations by’Private’ Transnational Actors. The Modern Law Review. 69(3).

[9]. Karl Marx (1844) ökonomisch-philosophische Manuskripte, MEW. Bd 40. 542.

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