JUSTICE NORMS AND GROUP DYNAMICS: THE CASE OF THE FAMILY

This article examines the way in which norms of distributive justice depend on the type of interaction in the family group and on its position in the socio-economic hierarchy. Based on a family typology constructed around notions of `internal cohesion', `mode of regulation', and `style of integration in the environment', the authors first show that these types of interaction are closely associated with the socio-economic category to which families belong. They then examine the correlation between these types and the principles of distributive justice judged legitimate, the place occupied by procedural justice in the decision, and the modes of comparison between actors.