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Informationen zum Autor LORETTA CAPEHEART is a retired associate professor of justice studies at Northeastern Illinois University. She was the community engagement analyst for a Department of Justice settlement agreement and a college equity officer. She has published on inequities in education and criminal justice. Her activism focuses on immigrant rights, worker rights, and antiracism. DRAGAN MILOVANOVIC, is professor emeritus and Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University. In addition he has been a college instructor in a jail, a dormitory counselor of incarcerated juveniles, a member of a prison inspection team, and an activist in post-revolutionary Nicaragua (1983–1985). He is author or coauthor of more than twenty-five books. Klappentext Drawing on contemporary issues ranging from globalization and neoliberalism to the environment, this essential textbook - ideal for course use - encourages readers to question the limits of the law in its present state in order to develop fairer systems at the local, national, and global levels. Zusammenfassung Drawing on contemporary issues ranging from globalization and neoliberalism to the environment, this essential textbook - ideal for course use - encourages readers to question the limits of the law in its present state in order to develop fairer systems at the local, national, and global levels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface 1. Introduction Part I Explorations in Social Justice 2. Conceptions of Justice: Philosophical, Sociological, and Criminological 3. Distributive Justice 4. Retributive Justice 5. Toward Transformative Justice Part II Issues in Social Justice 6. Multiculturalism and Globalism: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Forms of Justice 7. Environmental, Ecological, And Species Justice 8. Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Counter-colonial Forms of Justice 9. Postmodern, Post Postmodern, and Posthumanist Forms of Justice Part III Struggles for Social Justice 10. Legal Struggles and Social Justice 11. Justice and Grassroots Struggles 12. Emerging Conceptions of Justice in a Global Arena 13. Conclusion References Index ...
