Social Justice : : Theories, Issues, and Movements (Revised and Expanded Edition) / / Dragan Milovanovic, Loretta Capeheart.

An eye for an eye, the balance of the scales – for centuries, these and other traditional concepts exemplified the public’s perception of justice. Today, popular culture, including television shows like Law and Order, informs the public’s vision. But do age-old symbols, portrayals in the media, and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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, Post-Colonial, 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
  • About the Authors