Transforming Unjust Structures

Author : Severine Deneulin,Mathias Nebel,Nicholas Sagovsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402044328

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Transforming Unjust Structures by Severine Deneulin,Mathias Nebel,Nicholas Sagovsky Pdf

SÉVERINE DENEULIN, MATHIAS NEBEL AND NICHOLAS SAGOVSKY TRANSFORMING UNJUST STRUCTURES The Capability Approach THE CAPABILITY APPROACH Structural injustice has traditionally been the concern of two major academic disciplines: economics and philosophy. The dominant model of economics has long been that of neo-classical economics. For neo-classical economists, human we- being is to be assessed by the availability of disposable income or according to goods consumed; it is measured by the levels of utility achieved in the consumption of commodities. Social order is fashioned by the ways consumers maximise their 1 well-being and enterprises maximise their profits. A core assumption is that all 2 commodities are commensurable: they can all be measured according to a single 3 numerical covering value, which is their price. Within this neo-classical paradigm, justice is achieved when the utility level of someone cannot be increased without 4 another person seeing his or her utility level decrease. The dominant paradigm of neo-classical economics was strongly challenged when development and welfare economist Amartya Sen received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His work offered an alternative to the neo-classical evaluation of human well-being in the utility/commodity space. The underlining philosophical intuition behind Sen’s work is that the standard of living lies in the living and not in the consumption of commodities. In searching for an alternative measure of human well-being, Sen devised his capability approach.

Author : F. David Bronkema,Robb Davis,Stephen Offutt,Gregg Okesson,Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493403547

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Advocating for Justice by F. David Bronkema,Robb Davis,Stephen Offutt,Gregg Okesson,Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy Pdf

Christians are increasingly interested in justice issues. Relief and development work are important, but beyond that is a need for advocacy. This book shows how transforming systems and structures results in lasting change, providing theological rationale and strategies of action for evangelicals passionate about justice. Each of the authors contributes both academic expertise and extensive practical experience to help readers debate, discuss, and discern more fully the call to evangelical advocacy. They also guide readers into prayerful, faithful, and wise processes of advocacy, especially in relation to addressing poverty.

Author : Catherine Lu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108420112

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Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics by Catherine Lu Pdf

This book examines how justice and reconciliation in world politics should be conceived in response to the injustice and alienation of modern colonialism?

Author : Lindo Bacon
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781950665495

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Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon Pdf

"Belonging has been a formative struggle for me. Like most people with marginalized identities, my experience has taught me that it's hard to be yourself and feel like you belong in a culture that is hostile to your existence. That's why my body of work as a scientist, author, professor, speaker, and advocate for body liberation always comes back to the impact of belonging or not belonging. Radical Belonging is my manifesto, helping us heal from the individual and collective trauma of injustice and support our transition from a culture of othering to one of belonging." —Lindo Bacon Too many of us feel alienated from our bodies. This isn't your personal failing; it means that our culture is failing you. We are in the midst of a cultural moment. #MeToo. #BlackLivesMatter. #TransIsBeautiful. #AbleismExists. #EffYourBeautyStandards. Those of us who don't fit into the "mythical norm" (white, male, cisgender, able-bodied, slender, Christian, etc.)—which is to say, most of us—are demanding our basic right: To know that who we are matters. To belong. Being "othered" and the body shame it spurs is not "just" a feeling. Being erased and devalued impacts our ability to regulate our emotions, our relationships with others, our health and longevity, our finances, our ability to realize dreams, and whether we will be accepted, loved, or even safe. Radical Belonging is not a simple self-love treatise. Focusing only on self-love ignores the important fact that we have negative experiences because our culture has targeted certain bodies and people for abuse or alienation. For marginalized people, a focus on self-love can be a spoonful of sugar that makes the oppression go down. This groundbreaking book goes further, helping us to manage the challenges that stem from oppression and moving beyond self-love and into belonging. With Lindo Bacon's signature blend of science and storytelling, Radical Belonging addresses the political, sociological, psychological and biological underpinnings of your experiences, helping you understand that the alienation and pain you are experiencing is not personal, but human. The problem is in injustice, not you as an individual. So many of us feel wounded by a culture that has alienated us from our bodies and divided us from each other. Radical Belonging provides strategies to reckon with the trauma of injustice; reclaim yourself, body and soul; and rewire your nervous system to better cope within an unjust world. It also provides strategies to help us all provide refuge for one another and create a culture of equity and empathy, one that respects, includes, and benefits from all its diverse peoples. Whether you are transgender, queer, Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color, disabled, old, or fat—or your more closely resemble the "mythical norm"—Radical Belonging is your guidebook for creating a world where all bodies are valued and all of us belong—and for coping with this one, until we make that new world a reality.

Author : Madison Powers,Ruth Faden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190054007

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Structural Injustice by Madison Powers,Ruth Faden Pdf

Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an account of well-being. Their well-being account provides the foundation for human rights, explains the depth of unfairness of systematic patterns of disadvantage, and locates the unfairness of power relations in forms of control some groups have over the well-being of other groups. They explain how human rights violations and structurally unfair patterns of power and advantage are so often interconnected. Unlike theories of structural injustice tailored for largely benign social processes, Powers and Faden's theory addresses typical patterns of structural injustice-those in which the wrongful conduct of identifiable agents creates or sustains mutually reinforcing forms of injustice. These patterns exist both within nation-states and across national boundaries. However, this theory rejects the claim that for a structural theory to be broadly applicable both within and across national boundaries its central claims must be universally endorsable. Instead, Powers and Faden find support for their theory in examples of structural injustice around the world, and in the insights and perspectives of related social movements. Their theory also differs from approaches that make enhanced democratic decision-making or the global extension of republican institutions the centerpiece of proposed remedies. Instead, the theory focuses on justifiable forms of resistance in circumstances in which institutions are unwilling or unable to address pressing problems of injustice. The insights developed in Structural Injustice will interest not only scholars and students in a range of disciplines from political philosophy to feminist theory and environmental justice, but also activists and journalists engaged with issues of social justice.

Author : Séverine Deneulin,Lila Shahani
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781844078066

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An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach by Séverine Deneulin,Lila Shahani Pdf

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : L. Juliana Claassens,Christl M. Maier,Funlola O. Olojede
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567696281

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Transgression and Transformation by L. Juliana Claassens,Christl M. Maier,Funlola O. Olojede Pdf

This volume on feminist, postcolonial and queer biblical interpretation gathers perspectives from a global body of researchers; in offering innovative interpretations of key texts from the Hebrew Bible, both established and emerging biblical scholars consider the question of how commonplace interpretative practices may be considered to be transgressive in nature. Utilizing innovative strategies, they read against the grain of the text and in support of the marginalized, the subordinated or subaltern others both in the text and in our world today. Important questions regarding power and privilege are constantly raised: whose voices are being heard, and whose interests are being served? Knowing all too well the harm that stereotypical constructions of the Other can do in terms of feeding racism, sexism, homophobia and imperialism in their respective interpretative communities, the essays in this volume interrogate constructions of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class, both in the text as well as in their respective contexts. By means of these thought-provoking interpretations, the contributors show their commitment not merely the sake of scholarship but to a scholarly ethos, which in some shape or form contributes to the cultivation of more just, equitable societies.

Author : Kevin Ahern
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608335480

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Structures of Grace by Kevin Ahern Pdf

Author : Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies Jude Browne,Jude Browne,Maeve McKeown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198892878

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What Is Structural Injustice? by Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies Jude Browne,Jude Browne,Maeve McKeown Pdf

What is Structural Injustice? is the first edited collection to bring together the voices of leading structural injustice scholars to provide an overview of this profoundly important concept. The volume features specially selected original and essential works on structural injustice, providing a range of disciplinary, ontological, and epistemological perspectives on what structural injustice is, and includes feminist and post-colonial theories to interrogate how structural injustice exacerbates and reproduces existing inequalities and relations of power. This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

Author : Evelyn L. Forget
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781459415683

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Basic Income for Canadians by Evelyn L. Forget Pdf

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put millions out of work, the federal government implemented new measures which constituted Canada?s largest ever experiment with a basic income for almost everyone. In this new and revised edition, Evelyn L. Forget offers a clear-eyed look at how these emergency measures could be transformed into a program that ensures an adequate basic income for every Canadian. Forget details what we can learn from earlier basic income experiments in Canada and internationally. She weighs the options, investigates whether Canadians can afford a permanent basic income program and describes how it could best be implemented across the country. This accessible book offers everything a reader needs to decide if a basic income program is the right follow-up to the short-term government response to COVID-19.

Author : Christie Cozad Neuger
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255930

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The Arts of Ministry by Christie Cozad Neuger Pdf

Offering the most relevant, effective, and transformative approaches to ministry as it develops a feminist and womanist practical theology, this book brings together the best in feminist and womanist scholarship that deals with the work of ministry in a one-volume format.

Author : John M. Hull
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334052340

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Towards the Prophetic Church by John M. Hull Pdf

Thirty years ago John Hull wrote “What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning?”. This new book asks “What Prevents Christian Adults from Acting?” How has it come about that the Church appears to be so preoccupied with itself? What happened to the quest for the social justice of the Kingdom of God? John Hull's search for understanding took him back to the prophetic tradition of the Bible, and he discovered that this has become neglected and even betrayed. Christian discipleship must be more than church-going and prayer. Christians must resist the unjust structures of society in the prophetic tradition. Theological reflection is not enough!

Author : Mary Beth Combs,Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780823254316

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Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World by Mary Beth Combs,Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt Pdf

Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World is an insightful collection that articulates how Jesuit colleges and universities create an educational community energized to transform the lives of its students, faculty, and administrators and to equip them to transform a broken world. The essays are rooted in Pedro Arrupe’s ideal of forming men and women for others and inspired by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach’s October 2000 address at Santa Clara in which he identified three areas where the promotion of justice may be manifested in our institutions: formation and learning, research and teaching, and our way of proceeding. Using the three areas laid out in Fr. Kolvenbach’s address as its organizing structure, this stimulating volume addresses the following challenges: How do we promote student life experiences and service? How does interdisciplinary collaborative research promote teaching and reflection? How do our institutions exemplify justice in their daily practices? Introductory pieces by internationally acclaimed authors such as Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J.; David J. O’Brien; Lisa Sowle Cahill; and Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., pave the way for a range of smart and highly creative essays that illustrate and honor the scholarship, teaching, and service that have developed out of a commitment to the ideals of Jesuit higher education. The topics covered span disciplines and fields from the arts to engineering, from nursing to political science and law. The essays offer numerous examples of engaged pedagogy, which as Rev. Brackley points out fits squarely with Jesuit pedagogy: insertion programs, community-based learning, study abroad, internships, clinical placements, and other forms of interacting with the poor and with cultures other than our own. This book not only illustrates the dynamic growth of Jesuit education but critically identifies key challenges for educators, such as: How can we better address issues of race in our teaching and learning? Are we educating in nonviolence? How can we make the college or university “greener”? How can we evoke a desire for the faith that does justice? Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World is an indispensable volume that has the potential to act as an academic facilitator for the promotion of justice within not only Jesuit schools but all schools of higher education.

Author : Rebecca Todd Peters
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451469875

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Solidarity Ethics by Rebecca Todd Peters Pdf

Rebecca Todd Peters argues for an ethic of solidarity as a new model for how people of faith in the first world can live with integrity in the midst of global injustice and shape a more just future. Solidarity Ethics seeks to address the economic and social structures of our globalized context. Peters argues for a concrete ethics rooted in the Christian tradition of justice and transformation deeply informed by solidarity and relationality. Utilizing these theologically rich resources, an ethics of relational reflection, action, and construction is provided as an avenue for building viable strategies for social transformation.

Author : Alex Austin,Martina Fischer,Norbert Ropers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783663056423

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Transforming Ethnopolitical Conflict by Alex Austin,Martina Fischer,Norbert Ropers Pdf

Das englischsprachige Berghof Handbook ist das internationale Referenzwerk zum Thema Konflikttransformation. The Berghof Handbook offers both practitioners and scholars a systematic overview of the state-of-the-art of conflict transformation.