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<p>The article presents the gist, the kinds and manifestations of justice, with the discussion of the controversies around social justice. The analysis deals with the relationship between social justice and economic efficiency and effectiveness – especially in the environmental protection – as well as the concepts of international and cross-generational justice. In summary, the authors discussed inequality of income and the structure of welfare benefits as well as the scale of poverty and social exclusion in Poland.</p>
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The article presents the gist, the kinds and manifestations of justice, with the discussion of the controversies around social justice. The analysis deals with the relationship between social justice and economic efficiency and effectiveness – especially in the environmental protection – as well as the concepts of international and cross-generational justice. In summary, the authors discussed inequality of income and the structure of welfare benefits as well as the scale of poverty and social exclusion in Poland.

The Issues of Justice in Economic and Environmental Policy

Central European Economic Journal

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The article presents the gist, the kinds and manifestations of justice, with the discussion of the controversies around social justice. The analysis deals with...

Poverty rate in %	2005	2014	2017	Population in million in 2017
Utter poverty (below minimum subsistence (582 PLN in 2017))	12.3	7.4	4.3	1.7
Statutory poverty (by social welfare threshold)	18.1	12.2	10.7	4.1
Relative poverty (below 50% of average households)	18.1	16.2	13.4	5.2

The Issues of Justice in Economic and Environmental Policy

Published Online: Aug 20, 2021

Page range: 191 - 200

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2021-0013

Keywords
cross-generational justice, economic effectiveness versus economic efficiency, income differentiation, social justice, social exclusion

© 2021 Kazimierz Górka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Characteristics of poverty level in Poland within 2005–2017

The Issues of Justice in Economic and Environmental Policy

Published Online: Aug 20, 2021

Page range: 191 - 200

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2021-0013

Keywordscross-generational justice, economic effectiveness versus economic efficiency, income differentiation, social justice, social exclusion

© 2021 Kazimierz Górka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Characteristics of poverty level in Poland within 2005–2017

Keywords
cross-generational justice, economic effectiveness versus economic efficiency, income differentiation, social justice, social exclusion