Social justice, poverty and race : normative and empirical points of view /

Social justice, poverty and race : normative and empirical points of view /

A clear understanding of social justice requires complex rather than simple answers. It requires comfort with ambiguity rather than absolute answers. This is counter to viewing right versus wrong, just vs. unjust, or good vs. evil as dichotomies. This book provides many examples of where and how to...

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Other Authors: Kriese, Paul, 1943-, Osborne, Randall E.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2011.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 234.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Social justice.
Social justice > Study and teaching.
Poverty > Social aspects.
Racism.

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Call Number: HM671 .S673 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • A SET OF QUERIES ON INJUSTICE AND JUSTICE /
  • Joanna Swanger
  • BARRIERS TO TRUTH CONCERNING SOCIAL JUSTICE: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGING QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE /
  • Lawrence J. Hanks
  • THE LIMITS OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY: ETHNIC POLITICS AND ITS CONSTRAINTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN POST-COLONIAL POLYETHNIC SOCIETIES? /
  • Wazir Mohamed
  • IMAGINARY LEADERS: RESOLVING THE ANONYMITY PROBLEM FOR MODERN SOCIAL ACTIVISM? /
  • Jerome Dean Mahaffey
  • INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE /
  • John M. Davis
  • MURDER ON THE BAYOU: THE DEMAND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF JOSÉ CAMPOS TORRES /
  • Dwight G. Watson
  • SOCIOCENTRIC SOCIAL JUSTICE: MOVING FROM "I'M RIGHT" TO "WE'RE CONNECTED" /
  • Randall E. Osborne and Paul Kriese
  • NAVIGATING NEW WORLDS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN TEACHER EDUCATION /
  • Karon LeCompte and Stephanie Sefcik
  • SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT WITH THE LEARNING RECORD /
  • Margaret A. Syverson
  • BEARING THE BURDEN: WILL THE ELITE BE AMERICA'S ONLY COLLEGE EDUCATED? /
  • Marilyn D. Moore
  • DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ABOUT POVERTY /
  • Kevin D. Blair
  • SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE INTEGRATION OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER WORLDVIEWS IN AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND EDUCATION /
  • Joanna Zubrzycki
  • CAN GMO SOLVE WORLD HUNGER? /
  • Sabry Shehata
  • RECONCEPTUALIZING THE STORY OF U.S. CULTURAL ADAPTATION? /
  • Elvinet S. Wilson
  • POVERTY, IMMIGRATION AND LATINOS IN U.S. TEXAS COLONIAS /
  • Cecilia Giusti
  • VICTORY IN THE FIELDS: CÉSAR CHAVEZ'S QUEST FOR DIGNITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR FARM WORKERS THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE AND SPIRITUAL POWER /
  • John E. Valdez
  • THINKING ABOUT AND ACTING TO ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE: A DILEMMA /
  • Paul Gomberg
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.