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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460050303321

Titolo

A just world : multi-disciplinary perspectives on social justice / / edited by Heon Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-6762-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

303.372

Soggetti

Social justice - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; JOHN RAWLS AND THE OCCUPYWALL STREET MOVEMENT; MAKING GLOBAL CAPITALISM MORE JUST BY IMPOSING AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A CATALYST FOR PRACTICAL SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ECONOMIC LIFE; ANTI-RACIST WHITE ALLIES; UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SECURITY; PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH SELF-FORMATION; IRAQI EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FERTILE SOIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE TO GROW; ON A JUST WORLD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A Just World: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Social Justice is a multi-disciplinary analysis of social justice intended to foster scholarly discussion on a just world. The contributors to this volume maintain that justice in society is a most pressing concern in the world today, and discussion about it must be, beyond theory, practical and multi-disciplinary. While dialogue concerning social justice occurs in many academic disciplines, it can be neither solely an issue of, nor fully under...