Justice Unbound - Voices of Justice for the 21st Century

Offers an accessible reader that combines theory with historical and contemporary case studies that encourage students to apply their theoretical understandings of justice to real world issues.

List of contents

1. From the State of Nature to Society: The Social Contract and Its Critics / 2. Racial and Gender Justice: The Quest for Civil Rights / 3. Economic Justice and Social Welfare / 4. Environmental Justice: Confronting Racism and Imperialism / 5. Global Justice: Confronting Colonialism / 6. From Theory to Practice: Working Toward a Just World

About the author

Patrizia Longo is Professor of Politics at Saint Mary's College of California. She is an expert on gender politics and issues of social justice, particularly affecting women, in the U.S. and internationally. Her research also includes gender discrimination in the field of medicine, such as the glass ceiling for female surgeons, and human rights and labor equity issues revolving around immigrant women.

Summary

Offers an accessible reader that combines theory with historical and contemporary case studies that encourage students to apply their theoretical understandings of justice to real world issues.

Product details

• Authors: Patrizia Longo
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781786608130
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-813-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship