Global Agenda for Social Justice 3

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-8083-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 149 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 218 g

Reihe: SSSP Agendas for Social Justice

The Global Agenda for Social Justice 3 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems and proposes public policy responses to those problems.

Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), the book offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and the public regarding key issues for social justice. Chapters include discussion of social problems related to period poverty, climate justice, algorithmic bias, labor rights, and global inequality.

The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in public sociology, the study of social problems, and the pursuit of social justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Budd, Kristen M.

Dillaway, Heather E.

Lane, David C.

Nair, Manjusha

Salvaggio, Marko

Smith, Jason A.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Brubaker, Sarah Jane

Danielowski, Lauren

Northman, Robert

Braun, Yvonne A.

Keener, Steven

Eun Kwon, Hee

Cook, Denae

Phillips, Margaret

Halasz, Judith R.

Kelly, Kristy E.

Monahan, Brian A.

Velasco, Benjamin B.

Rao Kuriti, Ananda

Tartari, Morena

Johnston, Michael O.

Shahin, Saif

Muschert, Glenn W.

Schabio, Nathalie

Sheptak, Dale

Mefful, John

Banks, Sevaughn

Vi Morrison, Audrey

Issahaku, John

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

President's Welcome - Sarah Jane Brubaker

Editorial Introduction - Lauren Danielowski and Kristen M. Budd

Part I: Crime, Justice, and Government

1. Gangs and the Anti-Gang Problem - Robert Northman

2. The Intersection of Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems - Steven Keener and Audrey Vi Morrison

3. Strategies to Improve Access to Justice: Legal Literacy and Legal Empowerment - Margaret L. Phillips

4. Algorithmic Bias in Governance: Reasons and Responses - Saif Shahin and Nathalie Schabio

Part II: Inequalities and Injustices

5. A Global Agenda for Gender Justice in STEM - Kristy Kelly and John Issahaku

6. Period Poverty and Menstrual Health in a Global Context - Denae J. Cook and Sevaughn Banks

7. Global Learning Poverty and Household Welfare - Yvonne A. Braun and John Mefful

8. Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Justice in India: A Review - Ananda Rao Kuriti

Part III: Labor and Housing Insecurity

9. The Affordable Housing Crisis as a Global Social Problem - Judith R. Halasz

10. Precarious Labor and the Global Sports Event Industry - Dale Sheptak and Brian Monahan

11. Improving the Working Conditions of Global Garment Workers - Benjamin B. Velasco

Part IV: Reflections

12. Rethinking Cosmopolitanism: Insights from Migrant Mobilities - Hee Eun Kwon

13. The Rules of Remembrance for Public Sociologists - Michael O. Johnston and Glenn W. Muschert

14. Afterword - Morena Tartari

Über Autor(innen)

Muschert, Glenn W.
Glenn Muschert is Professor of Sociology at Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi.

Lane, David C.
David C. Lane is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University

Budd, Kristen M.
Kristen M. Budd is Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project, a research-driven advocacy non-profit organization based in Washington, DC.

Dillaway, Heather E.
Heather Dillaway is Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor in the Department of Sociology at Wayne State University.

Nair, Manjusha
Manjusha Nair is Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Mason University.

Monahan, Brian A.
Brian Monahan is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice Program at Baldwin Wallace University. He is the author of The Shock of the News (NYU 2010) and several articles exploring how media represent crime and other social problems

Smith, Jason A.
Jason A. Smith is an Affiliate Research Faculty at the Center of Social Science at George Mason University.

Salvaggio, Marko
Marko Salvaggio is Professor of Practice at Tulane University and Director of the Tulane SoPA College Prison Program.

Kristen M. Budd is Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project, a research-driven advocacy non-profit organization based in Washington, DC.

Heather E. Dillaway is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University.

David C. Lane is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University.

Manjusha Nair is Associate Professor of Sociology at George Mason University.

Marko Salvaggio is Professor of Practice at Tulane University and Director of the Tulane SoPA College Prison Program.

Jason A. Smith is an Affiliate Research Faculty at the Center of Social Science at George Mason University.