Social discrimination and social justice

Discrimination of gays and lesbians: a social justice perspective.

The existence of discrimination against America's gay and lesbian citizens is widely supported in the research literature of many disciplines. This article provides a specific analysis of this discrimination and demonstrates the stark contrast between the discrimination of gays and lesbians in American society and the social justice concepts of equality and fairness. The works of Rawls, and lat...

The Chapters Prejudice and Discrimination Social Interactions the Justice System

If you look in the dictionary under policy, public policy , or social policy, you find definitions that amount to the following: a system of regulatory measures, laws, principles, funding priorities, guidelines and interventions promulgated by a person, group, or government for the changing, maintenance or creation of living conditions that are conducive to human welfare. Mostly what these meas...

Social Justice in Social Policy

It is claimed that social justice is firmly on the political agenda and is a major concern of numerous policy documents, think tanks and research units. However, ̳social justice‘ can be seen as a poorly defined ̳motherhood and apple pie‘ term. Virtually everyone is in favour of ̳social justice‘ but their interpretations of the term vary widely (there are many different varieties of apple!). We ...

Teaching for social justice and social action.

Social justice education involves promoting critical awareness of social inequalities and developing skills that work against these inequalities. This article describes a general theoretical framework for social justice education, describes general strategies for facilitating students' social justice awareness and engagement, identifies challenges to social education, and highlights articles in...

Social Justice Through Civil Justice