Confronting Legacies of Injustice

This book takes up the question of how to respond progressively to diverse legacies of injustice.In these demanding times, those committed to advancing progressive change have often been relatively clear about what is wrong and what needs to change, but much less certain about how to overcome enduring legacies of injustice. The question is what is to be done. This book is a sister volume to ‘Living Legacies of Social Injustice’ (2024) and moves from the issue of recognition of inequality and injury, even where legacies of maltreatment have been normalised, forgotten, or deliberately erased, to strategies for change. Such strategies are by no means obvious or straightforward and may involve critical debates as well as uncertain or even untoward effects, yet there is no avoiding the challenging question of how to go about creating a more equitable future. This book offers a broad discussion and critical analysis of various strategies for change, grappling with the theoretical and empirical possibilities and difficulties attached to advancing progressive agendas across diverse contexts.This multidisciplinary book will appeal to scholars and advanced students in the areas of socio-legal studies, sociology, political science, and gender studies.