Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-5095-7365-3
Verlag: Polity Press
In an age of crisis and uncertainty, Nasar Meer asks what justice means in an unjust world, and how it might be sustained in uncertain times. The Social Life of Justice presents clear, vivid examples to reimagine justice as a social practice of design: something we make, repair and contest through our institutions, histories and everyday relations.
Ranging from Plato to climate change, from social contracts to international humanitarian law, the book traces how the moral vocabularies of law, policy and borders have been shaped by power, and suggests ways by which they might yet be redesigned to minimize harm and distribute benefits more fairly. Using examples of racial, gender, epistemic and environmental justice, Meer invites readers to see how ideas of justice are created and contested through lived human experience rather than from the theories we inherit.
Written with clarity and urgency, this book will appeal to readers interested in sociology, political theory, law and global studies.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: Justice in an Unjust World
Chapter 2: Where is the Justice?
Chapter 3: Justice and Domination Contracts
Chapter 4: Legislation and Policy, Bordering as Design
Chapter 5: Witnessing, Knowing, and Ignoring Injustice
Chapter 6: Out of Sight, Out of Climate Justice
Chapter 7: Justice After the Trouble: Institutions, Memory, Borders
Bibliography
Notes
Index
