Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice

Author: Ingrid Robeyns
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783744243
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
How do we evaluate ambiguous concepts such as wellbeing, freedom, and social justice? How do we develop policies that offer everyone the best chance to achieve what they want from life? The capability approach, a theoretical framework pioneered by the philosopher and economist Amartya Sen in the 1980s, has become an increasingly influential way to think about these issues. Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined is both an introduction to the capability approach and a thorough evaluation of the challenges and disputes that have engrossed the scholars who have developed it. Ingrid Robeyns offers her own illuminating and rigorously interdisciplinary interpretation, arguing that by appreciating the distinction between the general capability approach and more specific capability theories or applications we can create a powerful and flexible tool for use in a variety of academic disciplines and fields of policymaking. This book provides an original and comprehensive account that will appeal to scholars of the capability approach, new readers looking for an interdisciplinary introduction, and those interested in theories of justice, human rights, basic needs, and the human development approach.

Why Social Justice Matters

Author: Brian Barry
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745629938
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
He proposes a number of policies to achieve a more equal society and argues that they are economically feasible.

Moral Education for Social Justice

Author: Larry Nucci
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807779717
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
The authors draw from their work with teachers and students to address issues of social justice through the regular curriculum and everyday school life. This book illustrates an approach that integrates social justice education with contemporary research on students’ development of moral understandings and concerns for human welfare in order to critically address societal conventions, norms, and institutions. The authors provide a clear roadmap for differentiating moral education from religious beliefs and offer age-appropriate guidance for creating healthy school and classroom environments. Demonstrating how to engage students in critical thinking and community activism, the book includes proven-effective lessons that promote academic learning and moral growth for the early grades through adolescence. The text also incorporates recent work with social-emotional learning and restorative justice to nurture students’ ethical awareness and disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Book Features: Guidance to help teachers move from classroom moral discourse to engage students in community action. Age-specific lesson plans developed with classroom teachers for integration with regular academic curricula.Detailed overview of moral growth with examples of student reasoning.Connections between moral development and critical pedagogy.Connections between moral development and digital literacy.Connections among classroom management, school rules, restorative justice, and students’ social development.Insights drawn from research conducted within the Oakland Public School system.

Social Media, Social Justice and the Political Economy of Online Networks

Author: Jeffrey Blevins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947602847
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
While social network analyses often demonstrate the usefulness of social media networks to affective publics and otherwise marginalized social justice groups, this book explores the domination and manipulation of social networks by more powerful political groups. Jeffrey Layne Blevins and James Lee look at the ways in which social media conversations about race turn politically charged, and in many cases, ugly. Studies show that social media is an important venue for news and political information, while focusing national attention on racially involved issues. Perhaps less understood, however, is the effective quality of this discourse, and its connection to popular politics, especially when Twitter trolls and social media mobs go on the attack. Taking on prominent case studies from the past few years, including the Ferguson protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 2016 presidential election, and the rise of fake news, this volume presents data visualization sets alongside careful scholarly analysis. The resulting volume provides new insight into social media, legacy news, and social justice.

Social Work Practice for Social Justice

Author: Betty Garcia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872931244
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description

Essays in Social Justice

Author: Thomas Nixon Carver
Publisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
What is justice?- The ultimate basis of social conflict.- The principle of self-centered appreciation commonly called self-interest.- The forms of human conflict.- Economic competition.- How ought wealth to be distributed?- How much is a man worth?- Interest.- Socialism and the present unrest.- Constructive democracy.- The single tax.- The question of inheritance.- The question of monopoly.- The cure for poverty.- The responsibility of the rich for the condition of the poor.- Social service.- How ought the burdens of taxation to be distributed?

Social Work and Social Justice

Author: Michael Reisch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199893012
Category : Social justice
Languages : en
Pages : 449

Book Description
Emphasizes the importance of social justice work, vividly illustrates the complexity of this work, and discusses how social workers can negotiate the practical and ethical challenges involved. Unlike many books on the subject, it integrates a diverse array of approaches to social justice, thereby promoting critical thinking and underscoring the value of utilizing various perspectives in one's practice. Distinguishing features of this book include: emphasis on the complementary nature of socially just goals and processes; well-developed case examples; multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and international perspectives; a clear exposition of principles and skills of socially just practice; and the use of diverse cultural materials from different media to illustrate the concepts presented. This text is largely based on the authors' extensive teaching and practice experience in a wide variety of fields — both in the U.S. and internationally — and on their research on such varied topics as welfare reform, mental health, social work practice theory, social work values and ethics, and the history and philosophy of social welfare and social work. Social Work and Social Justice is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students/faculty, as well as social work/human services practictioners.

Social Justice

Author: David L. Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description

Social Justice

Author: Loretta Capeheart
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978806876
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427

Book Description
An eye for an eye, the balance of the scales – for centuries, these and other traditional concepts exemplified the public’s perception of justice. Today, popular culture, including television shows like Law and Order, informs the public’s vision. But do age-old symbols, portrayals in the media, and existing systems truly represent justice in all of its nuanced forms, or do we need to think beyond these notions? The second edition of Social Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements responds to the need for a comprehensive introduction to these issues. Theories of social justice are presented in an accessible fashion to encourage engagement of students, activists, and scholars with these important lines of inquiry. Issues are analyzed utilizing various theories for furthering engagement in possibilities. Struggles for justice -- from legal cases to on the ground movements -- are presented for historical context and to inform the way forward.

Handbook of Social Justice in Education

Author: William Ayers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113559614X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 793

Book Description
The Handbook of Social Justice in Education, a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the field, addresses, from multiple perspectives, education theory, research, and practice in historical and ideological context, with an emphasis on social movements for justice. Each of the nine sections explores a primary theme of social justice and education: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives International Perspectives on Social Justice in Education Race and Ethnicity, Language and Identity: Seeking Social Justice in Education Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice in Education Bodies, Disability and the Fight for Social Justice in Education Youth and Social Justice in Education Globalization: Local and World Issues in Education The Politics of Social Justice Meets Practice: Teacher Education and School Change Classrooms, Pedagogy, and Practicing Justice. Timely and essential, this is a must-have volume for researchers, professionals, and students across the fields of educational foundations, multicultural/diversity education, educational policy, and curriculum and instruction.