Social justice and increasing global destitution / T.Y. Okosun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okosun, T. Y.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society.

Human rights.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Okosun claims that there has been a diminution of the pursuit and practice of social justice. Okosun explores of impediments to the pursuit of distributive justice to show how social arrangements, ideologies, and specific belief patterns play significant roles in trumping social justice and increasing global suffering.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Stating the Problem; Chapter 2: Initial Concern; Chapter 3: Negating the Lessons of History; Chapter 4: Struggle for a Response; Chapter 5: Ghetto Construction and Entrenchment; Chapter 6: Marginalization in Style; Chapter 7: Social Justice: Then and Now; Chapter 8: The Diminution of Distributive Justice; Chapter 9: Social Justice versus Modernity and Rationality; Chapter 10: Social Justice and Social Belief Patterns; Chapter 11: The Advantage of Ambivalent Questioning

Chapter 12: Reclaiming and Enhancing Social JusticeChapter 13: A Social Justice Proposal; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-209) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7618-8705-9

1-283-61583-5

9786613928283

0-7618-4809-6