Issues in Social Justice, Second Edition
The study of social justice is a study of conflict. Within the context of power, dissenters vie for varying forms of change against adversaries who are more likely to resist change. Power is fostered and preserved through unequal relations.
History has shown us that collective identity is achieved through shared disenfranchisement. It is through the process of perceived and/or realized marginalization that social movements form. To dissenting factions who feel they are marginalized, change is considered a required process to achieve equality.
Whether it is the marginalization of homosexuals within a broader religious structure or the State, or the disenfranchisement of the homeless within society, or the economically disadvantaged within a broader system, or the overrepresentation of racial minorities in prisons, each dissenting faction has a story to tell. It is here where their voices are heard.
This book will examine the complexity of each struggle and the implications of its process. These issues form a timeline in the evolution of social justice. History has shown us justice cannot be guaranteed. The struggles within each issue of this book tell us that there are still those who wish to find it.
CHAPTER CONTENTS
CH.1- Religion and Homosexuality
CH.2- Institutional Discrimination of Sexual Minorities
CH.3- Human Traffickinig
CH.4- Hate Crimes
CH.5- Hate Crime Cases
CH.6- A Critical Constructivist View on Intolerance
CH.7- Racial Profiling in Canada
CH.8- Driving Discontinuance and Quality of Life
CH.9- The Role of the Automobile in American Culture
CH.10- Public Space and Criminal Justice
CH.11- State Expenditures on the Criminal Justice System
CH.12- Minority Women in Violent Relationships
CH.13- Is Housing Discrimination a Relevant Social Issue?
CH.14- The Myth of Race and the Reality of Racism
CH.15- Collective Behavior and Models of Conflict
CH.16- The Rise of Domestic Extremism
CH.17- The Evolution of Privacy
529 pages, softcover, perfect bound, full color laminated cover
ISBN: 978-1988985022
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The book examines issues such as the marginalization of homosexuals within a broader religious structure and the State, the disenfranchisement of the homeless and the State’s response to poverty, housing discrimination, race and racism, hate crimes, the overrepresentation of racial minorities in prison, collective behavior and models of conflict and the evolution of privacy in legal and Constitutional discourse.
The Second Edition brings in 7 new chapters including emphasis on formation of deviant and extremist orgranizations, racial profiling, institutional racism, hate crimes and hate crime cases.
