High rates of this disease are the face of Indigenous disadvantage.

An exploratory pilot study was conducted to investigate the views of present and future counselors on whether and in what ways social justice advocacy and consultation may overlap and possibly synergize. Descriptive results indicate that study participants (n = 203) viewed (a) basic counseling skills, (b) problem-solving, (c) acting on behalf of clients, and (d) contextualizing client or studen...

The growing challenges of a globalized economy, together with high levels of unemployment, are currently exerting severe pressure on the welfare state. In response, policy-makers and voters alike are increasingly questioning the level and scope of state-funded welfare services. The debate around these issues focuses on the welfare state's implicit objectives of achieving social redistribution a...

It should be understood that the importance of adult education is to illuminate the current context in which the adult functions. This adult frames directly linked with the construct of social justice. Adult education is examined under two frames: (a) Merriam and Brockett (1997) who define adult education as “...activities intentionally designed for the purpose of bringing about learning among ...

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Mounting empirical research provides evidence of fairness bias and its economic and social effects, where fairness bias refers here to a deviation of claims from unbiased justice due to a personal stake. A far less appreciated issue is dispersion of fairness views and claims, which is also important for its effects on disagreements, empirical analysis and philosophical theories. This study unde...

Social work and restorative justice are both notoriously difficult approaches to define (Zehr and Toews, 2004; Brand et al, 2005). They are underpinned by numerous social and psychological theories and a plethora of practice interventions (Adams et al, 2002; Liebman, 2007). A focus on Human Rights and the tenets of Social Justice underpin these approaches along with focusing on empowerment and ...

We come from our family’s house to live in our husband’s house. If we mention our name in this house, they say, “Oh, that is another family”. Yet when it comes to working, they say, “What you earn is ours, because you are in this family’s house”, or “because you are working on this family’s land. Let the land be registered in our names, so that we will not always feel like we are in someone els...

In Australia, Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland, the average life expectancy is now greater than 80 years. But in Angola, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe, the average life expectancy is less than 40 years. The situation is even worse than these statistics suggest because average figures tend to mask inequalities within countries. What are we to make of a world with such inequal health prospects...