Justice Is Steady Work

Author : Michael Walzer,Astrid von Busekist
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509544813

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Justice is Steady Work by Michael Walzer,Astrid von Busekist Pdf

Michael Walzer is one of the pre-eminent political theorists in the world today and also a prominent public intellectual. His conception of social justice and his work on just and unjust wars have been hugely influential in political theory and, at the same time, he has taken a public stand on many of the great issues of our time, from the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War to 9/11, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq War. He stands out among political theorists and philosophers by virtue of his attention to historical reality and his sensitivity to social and political context. Convinced that philosophical debate is only useful if it is rooted in the concrete practices and morality of societies, he develops a form of social critique that is opposed to a disembodied philosophy which does not respond to concerns of ordinary people. For Walzer, it is useless to try to write a theory of justice: the challenge is to think through issues of justice in relation to the particular contexts in which people live out their lives. The core strength of his work is his practical instinct: if individuals are contextualized, critique must be too. This book takes the form of an extended conversation between Walzer and Astrid von Busekist, ranging from Walzer’s biography and political activism to his work on war, justice and Judaism. Weaving together his theoretical work and his political activism, it provides an outstanding introduction to the life and work of one of the most influential political theorists of our time.

Author : Kenneth Kipnis,Diana T. Meyers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0847673855

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Economic Justice by Kenneth Kipnis,Diana T. Meyers Pdf

Twenty distinguished philosophers and social theorists have contributed original papers to this stimulating investigation into the nature of the economically just society. Collectively, and in a remarkably coherent fashion, these papers set out the problems of contemporary social theory within the context of the distributive justice vs. property rights debate initiated by the works of John Rawls and Robert Nozick.

Author : Flora Gill
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781447369950

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Work and Social Justice by Flora Gill Pdf

Today’s economics offers us a far too narrow perspective on the role that paid work plays in our lives, as individuals and as a society. This book examines the urgent workplace challenges we’re facing today, from automation to AI and climate change, with an interdisciplinary and historical analysis that challenges and broadens the scope of existing economic literature. Exploring the current economic proposals to address these issues, it advocates for a more egalitarian and sustainable future that builds workers’ protections into the very fabric of our economic systems. This is a resounding call for greater economic social justice and equality at work and a valuable resource for social scientists from fields like heterodox economics, business and sociology.

Author : Keith Edgerton
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0295984430

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Montana Justice by Keith Edgerton Pdf

Since the days of the Wild West, Montanans have struggled to be tough on crime with limited resources; this social history of the Montana penitentiary focuses on its early days under a corrupt warden.

Author : Mark Banks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786601308

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Creative Justice by Mark Banks Pdf

Creative Justice examines issues of inequality and injustice in the cultural industries and the cultural workplace. It offers a comprehensive and considered account of the state-of-the field in cultural studies and sociological thinking about cultural and creative industries work, education and employment, and seeks to address fundamental questions about the constitution of equality and inequality in the creative industries.

Author : Barbara Bair
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190282509

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Though Justice Sleeps by Barbara Bair Pdf

The period of Reconstruction that followed the end of the Civil War was a time of both tremendous promise and the deep conflict of ideas. At stake was the question of what the racial future of America would be. In the years between 1880 and 1900, the wonderful promise of a future of freedom that was made to black people by emancipation was broken. It was a promise that African Americans could conduct their daily lives with the assurance that their rights would be protected--the assurance of wide-awake and diligent social justice. Instead, justice slept. African Americans did, however, make their own brand of liberty through their activism and their faith. When John Solomon Lewis's family claimed their own land in Kansas, or Bishop Henry McNeal Turner encouraged African Americans to take pride in Africa, the flame of freedom was maintained. When Richard L. Davis organized mineworkers, or black women in New Orleans marched in the streets in support of striking dockworkers, they kindled the light of freedom that illuminated their path. When Booker T. Washington arrived in Tuskegee, Alabama, and started a school in Johanna Bowen Rudgrey's church, that light was further kindled. The message that African-American activists of the 1880s and 1890s left for those in the 20th century was a clear one. Frances Harper said it at the Chicago Women's Congress in 1893: "Demand justice, simple justice, as the right of every race." In Though Justice Sleeps, Barbara Bair demonstrates that black people were more than victims of Jim Crow laws and racial violence. She shows that they organized, fought back, moved around, thought, wrote, and created works of art. They connected their struggles with the rest of the world, turning to Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean for guidance and inspiration.

Author : Phillip L. Hammack
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190667450

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The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice by Phillip L. Hammack Pdf

The twentieth century witnessed not only the devastation of war, conflict, and injustice on a massive scale, but it also saw the emergence of social psychology as a discipline committed to addressing these and other social problems. In the 21st century, however, the promise of social psychology remains incomplete. We have witnessed the reprise of authoritarianism and the endurance of institutionalized forms of oppression such as sexism, racism, and heterosexism across the globe. Edited by Phillip L. Hammack, The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice reorients social psychology toward the study of social injustice in real-world settings. The volume's contributing authors effectively span the borders between cultures and disciplines to better highlight new and emerging critical paradigms that interrogate the very real consequences of social injustice. United in their belief in the possibility of liberation from oppression, with this Handbook, Hammack and his contributors offer a stirring blueprint for a new, important kind of social psychology today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Crime analysis
ISBN : IND:30000077204943

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Criminal Justice 2000 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Delores D. Jones-Brown,Beverly D. Frazier,Marvie Brooks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216043256

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African Americans and Criminal Justice by Delores D. Jones-Brown,Beverly D. Frazier,Marvie Brooks Pdf

Does justice exist for Blacks in America? This comprehensive compilation of essays documents the historical and contemporary impact of the law and criminal justice system on people of African ancestry in the United States. African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia comprises descriptive essays documenting the ways in which people of African descent have been victimized by oppressive laws enacted by local, state, and federal authorities in the United States. The entries also describe how Blacks became disproportionately represented in national crime statistics, largely through their efforts to resist legalized oppression in early American history, and present biographies of famous and infamous Black criminal suspects and victims throughout early American history and in contemporary times. Providing coverage of law and criminal justice practices from the precolonial period, including the introduction of African slaves, up to practices in modern-day America, this encyclopedia presents a frank and comprehensive view of how Americans of African descent have come to be viewed as synonymous with criminality. This book represents an essential learning resource for all American citizens, regardless of race or age.

Author : Ronet D. Bachman,Russell K. Schutt,Peggy S. Plass
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506326702

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Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice by Ronet D. Bachman,Russell K. Schutt,Peggy S. Plass Pdf

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice: With Selected Readings, by well-known researchers Ronet D. Bachman, Russell K. Schutt, and Peggy S. Plass, is a unique resource for understanding the multifaceted subject of research methods in the field of criminology and criminal justice, amply illustrated by carefully selected and edited research articles from the leading journals in the field. Each of these articles features an introduction, written to draw the student’s attention to the specific concept(s) from the chapter that are illustrated in the article, and a series of questions about the article, designed to help the student think critically about and reflect on these concepts. In this way, students not only learn how to conduct research, but also learn why it is important to do so. Building off the widely adopted Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, the additional readings increase students’ understanding of complex issues being investigated in the field today and how those issues are being researched. Additional instructor resources and study tools can be found online at study.sagepub.com/bachmanfrccjsr.

Author : United States. Wickersham Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1634 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032253213

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Report on the Cost of Administration of Criminal Justice ... by United States. Wickersham Commission Pdf

Author : F. E. Emery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136422775

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Freedom and Justice within Walls by F. E. Emery Pdf

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1970 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Author : United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Crime
ISBN : HARVARD:32044038537601

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Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice by United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics Pdf

Author : Amul Thapar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781684514663

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The People's Justice by Amul Thapar Pdf

"Amul Thapar sets the record straight with this can't-put-down series of stories that reveal the courage, decency, and humanity of the man behind what many are calling the Thomas Court." —Megyn Kelly, journalist "Amul Thapar has done what even gifted law professors and professional 'Court watchers' often fail to do: Thapar has focused on the men and women whose lives are before the nine and on how one justice, Clarence Thomas, has carefully, consistently, and compassionately applied his understanding of the Constitution to those lives." — Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show and professor of law For thirty years, Clarence Thomas has been denounced as the “cruelest justice,” a betrayer of his race, an ideologue, and the enemy of the little guy. In this compelling study of the man and the jurist, Amul Thapar demolishes that caricature. Every day, Americans go to court. Invoking the Constitution, they fight for their homes, for a better education for their children, and to save their cities from violence. Recounting the stories of a handful of these ordinary Americans whose struggles for justice reached the Supreme Court, Thapar shines new light on the heart and mind of Clarence Thomas. A woman in debilitating pain whose only effective medication has been taken away by the government, the motherless children of a slain police officer, victims of sexual assault— read their eye-opening stories, stripped of legalese, and decide for yourself whether Thomas’s originalist jurisprudence delivers equal justice under law. “Finding the right answer,” Justice Thomas has observed, “is often the least difficult problem.” What is needed is “the courage to assert that answer and stand firm in the face of the constant winds of protest and criticism.” That courage—along with wisdom and compassion—shines out from every page of The People’s Justice. At the heart of this book is the question: Would you want to live in Justice Thomas’s America? After reading these stories, even his critics might be surprised by their answer.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LOC:00185801287

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Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Department of Justice by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf