Handbook on Global Social Justice

Edited by Gary Craig, Professor of Social Justice and Visiting Professor, Law School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

'This wide-ranging Handbook demonstrates how the concept of social justice provides a valuable lens for the analysis of diverse contemporary policy and political issues. Drawing on a number of disciplines and theoretical perspectives, it puts theory to the service of policy and practice.'--Professor the Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough University, UK

• Contents:1. Introduction the the Handbook on Global Social JusticeGary Craig2. Theories of social justicePhil ParvinPart I: Thinking strategically about social justice3. Income, work and justice Andrew Sayer 4. Social justice and social welfare John Hudson 5. Democracy and social justice David Beetham 6. Poverty, inequality and social justice Stewart LansleyPart II: Social justice: some national perspectives 7. Canada: social justice and social policy in a liberal welfare state Michael J. Prince8. Social justice in Australia: Ending the over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care and returning them to their communities Philip Mendes9. France: Social justice and perceptions of inequalities - a democratisation of an oligarchic ethos Patrick Savidan10. Germany: justice as a dominant political value Frank Nullmeier11. Social justice in the United StatesW. Thomas Duncanson12. Social justice perspectives in South Africa’s struggle for social transformation Viviene TaylorPart III: Social justice, equalities and human rights13. Racialised inequalities and social justice: policy frames and social change John Solomos14. Gender equality and social justice Kirstein Rummery15. Disability and social justiceTom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson16. Ageing and social justice Alan Walker17. Sexualities, social justice and sexual justice Jeff Hearn, Sofia Aboim and Tamara Shefer18. Social justice and human rights Brenda Hale 19. Saving social justice and environmental justice in an age of tyranny and corruption Miriam KennetPart IV Social justice in practice 20. Public policy in practiceNick Ellison21. Law and social justiceHilary Sommerlad22. Migration and social justice: parity of participation for asylum-seekers in the UK? Jenny Phillimore23. Social justice and community development: social justice in practiceMarjorie Mayo24. Social justice and health Ian Greener25. Challenging inequalities in education: A feminist approach Miriam E. David 26. Perspectives on transport and social justiceKarel Martens and Karen Lucas27. Housing and social justicePeter Somerville 28. Social justice and employment Michael Hill29. Civil society and the values of social justice Gary Craig30. Social justice and culture: on identity, intersectionality, and epistemic privilegeSatya P. Mohanty 31. An exploration of love in the time of inequality: philanthropy an social justiceNicolette Naylor and Halima Mahomed32. Religion, ‘race’ and social justice Aleksandra Lewicki 33. Social justice for children Jonathan Bradshaw34. Social justice and the media: disrupting the frame - repositioning visual storytelling for changeLeora KahnIndex