A Theory of Justice, Paperback

Theories of social justice are necessarily abstract, reaching beyond the particular and the immediate to the general and the timeless. Yet such the...

John Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition--justice as fairness--and to provide an alternative to ...

A study of Rawls' work, "A Theory of Justice", the book gives a concise account of Rawls' central ideas, situates them within contemporary debates ...

Reducere. Contract and Domination offers a bold challenge to contemporary contract theory, arguing that it should either be fundamentally rethought or abando...

Reducere. Theories of justice often fixate on purely normative, abstract principles unrelated to real-world situations. The philosopher and theorist Axel Hon...

DescriptionIn Marx and Social Justice, George E. McCarthy presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the ethical, political, and economic fo...

This is a major new book by one of the leading figures in feminist social and political theory. The author is very well known internationally and i...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this substantial study Darrin W. Snyder Belousek offers a comprehensive and critical examination of penal substitution, the most wide...

This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s. In time the lectures bec...

Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea ...

Christians around the world are awakening to the Biblical call to "Do Justice"--but what does that look like in practice? Through a series of compe...

Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity empowers all administrators in higher education to engage in their work--to make deci...

Ethical Portraits investigates the representation of the incarcerated in the U.S. criminal justice system. Through interviews, creative non-fiction...

Rawls' 1971 text links the idea of social justice to a basic sense of fairness that recognizes human rights and freedoms. Controversially, though, ...

Contributor(s): Author: Heesoon JunUntil now, an important aspect of multicultural counseling has been long overlooked amid the profusion of litera...

Reducere. Aristotle is the father of virtue ethics--a discipline which is receiving renewed scholarly attention. Yet Aristotle's accounts of the individual v...

Reducere. Liberation Psychology: Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice guides readers through the origins and development of liberation psychology, it...

"In this highly accessible new introductory textbook, Pete Woodcock examines the fundamental questions of political theory. He takes students step-...

Reducere. In the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavi...

Reducere. In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermine...

Killing Justice in the Lone Star State is a reality check on active Death Row cases. The book offers a fresh perspective for campaigners and reform...

Reducere. How can I apply learning and social justice theory to become a better facilitator?Should I prepare differently for workshops around specific identi...

This book bridges a scholarly divide between empirical and normative theorizing about procedural justice in the context of relations of power betwe...

Reducere. Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that "West...

Working with Autistic People in the Criminal Justice and Forensic Mental Health Systems is the first book to focus specifically on the best practic...

Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of John Rawls. In the ...

In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a brief biography and chart...

Which political principles should govern global politics? Simon Caney engages with the work of philosophers, political theorists, and international...

Reducere. The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the jus...

In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city's Metropolitan Transit...

Reducere. Wide-ranging and ambitious, Justice combines moral philosophy and Christian ethics to develop an important theory of rights and of justice as groun...

A contemporary interpretation of Adam Smith's work on jurisprudence, revealing Smith's belief that progress emerges from cooperation and a commitme...

What is it to do justice to the absent victims of past injustice, given the distance that separates us from them? Grounded in political theory and ...

Reducere. An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecolo...

Reducere. DescriptionSpringtime for Snowflakes: "Social Justice" and Its Postmodern Parentage is a daring and candid memoir. NYU Professor Michael Rectenwald...

"Covering a variety of contexts, settings, needs and approaches, and drawing on theory and practice, this book brings together 91 entries, offering...

A valuable resource by the leading experts in the field for students, academics, and lawyers interested in constitutional and criminal law and proc...

Reducere. Theory on mothers, mothering and motherhood has emerged as a distinct body of knowledge within Motherhood Studies and Feminist Theory more generall...

A fully updated edition of this bestselling textbook offers a radical approach to community development taking theories of Gramsci and Freire into ...

Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socia...

Reducere. DescriptionPlato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republ...

DescriptionMobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our dayWe are in the midst of a global climate crisis and experie...

Reducere. Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues, Seventh Edition, features fifty-nine selections organized into three parts, providing instructors...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this critical new work, sociologist William I. Robinson offers an engaging and accessible introduction to his theory of global capita...

With a clear exposition of a coherent theory base that does justice to the multi-level and multi-dimensional nature of discrimination, Promoting Eq...

Reducere. Leading Theories of Delinquent Behavior and Criminology covers major theories of crime, delinquent behavior, and criminology. This introductory pri...

Contributor(s): Author: Alison KaferIn Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challengi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David HarveyThroughout his distinguished and influential career, David Harvey has defined and redefined the relationship be...

Reducere. Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, the sequel to After Virtue, is a persuasive argument of there not being rationality that is not the rationality ...

This volume proposes that the work of community colleges has expanded beyond equity into providing a true barrier-free learning environment for stu...

Reducere. Justice in the City argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emma...

Lorenzo C. Simpson offers a persuasive and powerful argument that hermeneutics is a valuable tool not only for critical theory but also for address...

Drawing on actual research projects, Research Methods for Law discusses how legal research as process impacts on research as product. The author te...

DescriptionCritical Race Theory in Mathematics Education brings together scholarship that uses critical race theory (CRT) to provide a comprehensiv...

Most of the struggles for equitable schooling, including multicultural curricula and culturally responsive teaching, have largely taken place on a ...

Reducere. Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who gave up his corporate law salary to fight the good fight--until one day he ...

Contributor(s): Author: Donna BainesThis updated third edition of the immensely popular Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice introduces students to anti-...

Theory of the Modern Drama is a brilliant analysis of the emergence and development of modern drama from the Renaissance to the present day. Szondi...

Re-engaging Disconnected Youth profiles a program that succeeds in doing so, one that can serve as a model for others. Drawing on Adult Transformat...

Reducere. In this expanded and updated edition, more than 50 articles show how to weave social justice issues throughout the mathematics curriculum, as well ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Peter A (Seattle University, USA) CollinsIllustration(s): 4 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, ...

DescriptionThis important volume promotes the widespread application of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to better prepare K-12 teachers to bring an info...

Reducere. F. A. Hayek made many valuable contributions to the field of economics as well as to the disciplines of philosophy and politics. This volume repres...

Contributor(s): Editor: Catriona Mortimer-SandilandsEditor: Bruce EricksonTreating such issues as animal sex, species politics, environmental justi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this revised and expanded edition of Medicine Stories, Aurora Levins Morales weaves together insights and lessons learned over a life...

Reducere. This new explanation of crime over the life course provides an important foundation for rethinking contemporary theory and criminal justice policy....

Drawing on a theoretical model of coexistence premised on universality, reciprocity and inclusion, this book focusses on the development of academi...

These readings on the theory and practice of nonviolence come from classic figures like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., contemporary theorists l...

DescriptionUnderstanding World Religions introduces students to major worldviews--including Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Native Amer...

Reducere. A kidnapping tale, a critical look at First Amendment rights, and a love story, An Intent to Commit follows the lives of characters who first appea...