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The authors in this edited volume provide sociological insights, theoretical perspectives and applied contexts that contribute to a deeper understanding the complexities of power, violence, and justice. Underlying many chapters also lies the question of what is the role that sociology plays and can play in moving us forward?
List of contents
Power, Violence, and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities - Margaret Abraham
Indigenous Land Appropriation and Dispossession in Australia: In Search of Justice - Maggie Walter
Surveilling Blackness in the 21st Century U.S.A.: Modernity/Coloniality, Objectivity & Contemporary Forms of Injustice - Natalie P. Byfield
Socio-ecological violence, resistance, and democratization processes - J. E. Castro
The moral crusade on "gender ideology": Alliances against sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America - Richard Miskolci
The Arc of Justice in the Era of Routinized Violence* - Bandana Purkayastha
Sociology's Bipolar Disorder - Michael Burawoy
The Iron Bars get Closer: Anormative Social Regulation - Margaret S. Archer
The Rise of National Populism in Western Democracies - Alberto Martinelli
Mapping Violence: A Comprehensive Perspective - T.K. Oommen
Moral capital: A much needed resource - Piotr Sztompka
Preventing and exiting violence: a domain for sociology? - Michel Wieviorka
White Women in the War on Immigrants: Framing Anti-Immigrant Discourse Against Migrant Mothers - Mary Romero
A Case for Academic Justice: Universities as Sites of Violence, Power (and Justice?) - Nandini Sundar
About the author
Margaret Abraham is Professor of Sociology at Hofstra University and is the President of the International Sociological Association, (ISA 2014-2018). She previously served as ISA Vice President of Research and as the American Sociological Association Representative (ASA) to the ISA (2010-2014). Her teaching and research interests include gender, ethnicity, globalization, migration and domestic violence.
Summary
The authors in this edited volume provide sociological insights, theoretical perspectives and applied contexts that contribute to a deeper understanding the complexities of power, violence, and justice. Underlying many chapters also lies the question of what is the role that sociology plays and can play in moving us forward?
