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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483940103321

Autore

Mestrum Francine

Titolo

Redefining the Agenda for Social Justice : Voices from Europe and Asia / / by Francine Mestrum, Meena Menon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9789813365711

9813365714

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages)

Disciplina

303.372094

Soggetti

Human rights

Political planning

Economic development

Environmental policy

Public administration

Politics and Human Rights

Policy Adoption

Development Studies

Environmental Policy

Public Administration

Public Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: what this book is about -- Chapter 1: The objectives of the Social Justice Cluster of AEPF -- Chapter 2: Our Charter -- Chapter 3: Social protection as commons -- Chapter 4: Public services -- Chapter 5: Labour -- Chapter 6: Housing -- Chapter 7: The way forward -- Annexure -- Declaration UB -- Declaration Manila -- Declaration Barcelona -- Declaration Ghent -- Declaration Kathmandu -- List of participating organisations.

Sommario/riassunto

The book relates three years of history of social movements from Asia and Europe who work on social justice, as a rough overview. The work for the book is mainly done on the ground, day after day, working in



villages and cities, with people and their organisations, organising resistance and preparing alternatives. It is based on the fact that European and Asian concerns are identical, in spite of divergent levels of development and wealth, and that the existing international initiatives, such as the ILO's social protection floors, or the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are perfectly compatible with neoliberal policies. The book goes beyond and sees social commons as a strategic tool for transforming societies. It is basically a project for the sustainability of life, of humans, of societies, and of nature. The book describes the ideas at the basis of the work in different sectors. It is not about the practice of social policies but about the ideas and discourses that can inthe end shape the political practices. In sum, this book, presents a new social paradigm. It concretely shows how social justice and environmental justice do go hand in hand.