Fraser on Emancipation as a Political Process and Institutional Form

The chapter synthesizes the previously analyzed aspects of Fraser’s approach to emancipation, emphasizing the interplay between normative ideals and political strategies. Fraser’s conception of emancipation, the chapter argues, prioritizes the overcoming of structural injustice through the institutionalization of the norm of participatory parity and the deployment of counter-hegemonic political strategies. The chapter highlights Fraser’s ‘triple movement’ model of forging an emancipatory hegemonic bloc and her advocacy for a ‘feminism for the 99%’ as key tools in advancing a more just society. Through a reconstruction of some nuanced normative critiques of Fraser and her responses, the chapter fleshes out the normative logic of Fraser’s approach to emancipation and the full political potential of her ‘two-way’ diagnosis of injustice.