ISBN:
9780415620437
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (561 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Routledge International Handbook of Social Justice
DDC:
303.3/72
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In a world where genocide, hunger, poverty, war, and disease persist and where richer nations often fail to act to address these problems or act too late, a prerequisite to achieving even modest social justice goals is to clarify the meaning of competing discourses on the concept. Throughout history, calls for social justice have been used to rationalize the status quo, promote modest reforms, and justify revolutionary, even violent action. Ironically, as the prominence of the concept has risen, the meaning of social justice has become increasingly obscured. This authoritative volume explores
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Historical and cultural concepts of social justice; Introduction to Part I; 1 The emergence of social justice in the West; 2 Religious influences on justice theory; 3 The Gandhian concept of social justice; 4 Social justice in an era of globalization: must and can it be the focus of social welfare policies? Japan as a case study; 5 Social justice in the Middle East
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Decolonizing livelihoods, decolonizing the will: solidarity economy as a social justice paradigm in Latin America7 Social justice, transitional justice, and political transformation in South Africa; 8 Indigenous struggles for justice: restoring balance within the context of Anglo settler societies; PART II Theories and conceptual frameworks; Introduction to Part II; 9 Social justice and liberalism; 10 Conservatism and social justice; 11 Social justice and critical theory; 12 Social justice feminism; 13 Postmodern perspectives on social justice; 14 The capability approach and social justice
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15 Human rights as pillars of social justicePART III Social justice issues in policy and practice; Introduction to Part III; 16 Social justice and income support policies; 17 Social justice and education; 18 Social justice and criminal justice; 19 Social justice for children and youth; 20 Housing, homelessness and social justice: no fate but what we make; 21 Environmental justice; 22 Health inequality and social justice; 23 Psychological justice: distributive justice and psychiatric treatment of the non-disordered; 24 Violence and safety: a social justice perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
25 Social care and social justice26 A looming dystopia: feminism, social justice, and community-based long-term care; 27 The last frontier?: indigenous Australians and social justice; 28 Why poverty and inequality undermine justice in America; PART IV Cultural reflections on social justice; Introduction to Part IV; 29 Justice, culture and human rights; 30 The use of the arts in promoting social justice; 31 By its absence: literature and the attainment of social justice consciousness; 32 Music and social justice; 33 Social justice and cinema; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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