Property redistribution is a term applied to various political policies involving taxation or expropriation of property from some in order to finance payments to others. Redistribution policies are usually promoted (in democracies) by claiming that less stratified economies are more socially just (see also: ^[1]); opposing ethical arguments consider the term a euphemism for theft, stating that stealing is still stealing regardless of what any group of non-owners (of the property in question) may succeed in obtaining via government intermediary, and that consequently redistribution of legitimately obtained property cannot ever be just.^[2] Expropriation is the act of removing from control the owner of an item of property. ... // Use of the term In common usage, property means ones own thing and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being their own to dispense with as they see fit. ... Social stratification is a sociological term for the hierarchical arrangement of social classes, castes, and strata within a society. ... Social justice refers to conceptions of justice applied to an entire society. ... Ethics (from the Ancient Greek ethikos, meaning arising from habit), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of value or quality. ... A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ... Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive possession or control of property, which may be an object, land/real estate, intellectual property or some other kind of property. ...

Property redistribution can be overt, as in the case of direct confiscation or taxation, or hidden within regulations ordering owners to make their property available to others. Confiscation, from the Latin confiscato join to the fiscus, i. ... Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive possession or control of property, which may be an object, land/real estate, intellectual property or some other kind of property. ...

Examples of property redistribution

Public programs and policy measures involving redistribution of property include:

• Eminent domain
• Land reforms
• Inheritance taxes

Eminent domain (US), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Australia) or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to expropriate private property without the owners consent, either for its own use or by delegation of the taking power... Land reform (also agrarian reform although that can have a broader meaning) is the government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of — i. ... Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. ...

See also

• Income redistribution
• Distribution of wealth
• Nationalization
• Ownership
• Social inequality
• Tax

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive possession or control of property, which may be an object, land/real estate, intellectual property or some other kind of property. ... Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of material wealth in a society. ... A tax (also known as a duty) is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ...

References

1. ^ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/redistribution/
2. ^ "Redistribution" as Euphemism or, Who Owns What? Philosophy Pathways, Number 65, 24 August 2003, by Anthony Flood