Original
Possibilities for Social Equity Budgeting: Critical Insights From Bentham?
Abstract
ABSTRACT Considering prior ways of seeing and practical mobilisations of Social Equity Budgeting (SEB), we suggest that prior conceptualisation, research and practice can be advanced by reflecting on insights from the philosophical and political literature on equity and justice. Here, we pursue such an approach and specifically contribute by considering how the writings of the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) provide critical insights informing possibilities for SEB. Our critical historical perspective, focused on the history of ideas in context, helps reinforce dimensions of today's prescriptive envisioning of SEB and indicate new insights and emphases in this regard around democracy and transparency (or publicity, to use Bentham's term). We here analyze progressive dimensions and possibilities in Bentham but also acknowledge and articulate the need to balance this with appreciation of critique of Bentham and more negative possibilities. Both dimensions have policy implications. Our analysis is facilitated by the notable (relatively) recent work of the Bentham Project at University College London (UCL) in seeking to publish the many previously unpublished writings of Bentham held in the UCL archive. Here, Gallhofer and Haslam's (2003) text, informed in part by detailed archival research into Bentham's then unpublished handwritten manuscripts, was a key starting point.
中文
社会公平预算的可能性：来自边沁的批判性洞见？
摘要
摘要 考虑到以往看待社会公平预算（SEB）的方式及其实际动员，我们提出，通过反思有关公平与正义的哲学和政治文献中的洞见，可以推进先前的概念化、研究与实践。在此，我们采用这样一种路径，并具体作出贡献：考察英国哲学家杰里米·边沁（Jeremy Bentham，1748—1832）的著述如何提供批判性洞见，从而启发社会公平预算的可能性。我们聚焦于语境中的观念史，采取批判性历史视角，这有助于强化当今对社会公平预算的规范性构想中的若干维度，并指明围绕民主与透明（或按边沁的术语，公开性/publicity）的新洞见和重点。我们在此分析边沁思想中的进步维度与可能性，同时也承认并阐明需要以对边沁的批评以及更消极可能性的认识来平衡这一点。这两个维度都具有政策意涵。我们的分析得益于伦敦大学学院（UCL）边沁项目近来（相对而言）值得注意的工作，该项目致力于出版UCL档案中大量此前未出版的边沁著述。在此，Gallhofer和Haslam（2003）的文本——部分基于对边沁当时未出版手稿的详细档案研究——是一个关键起点。
关键词
社会公平预算、边沁、公共预算、民主、透明度、公开性、公平与正义、预算政策