Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change

This volume engages with questions of justice and equality, and how these can be achieved in modern society. It explores how theory and research can inform policy and practice to bring about real change in people’s lives, helping readers understand and interrogate patterns and causes of inequality, while investigating how these might be remedied. Chapters outline ways in which theories of justice inform and are factored into effective actions, programmes and interventions. The book includes an international selection of case studies. These range from global inequalities in development and health to cross-border conflict; from gender justice to disability violence; from child protection to disability-inclusive research; from illicit drug use to torture prevention; and from prison wellbeing to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Together, contributors explore: how social science and humanities scholarship can lead to a better understanding of, and capacity to respond to, key social issues and problems the importance of normative reflection and a concern for principles of justice in pursuit of social change the importance of community voice and grassroots action in the pursuit of justice, equity and equality. Envisioning a better world – in which concern for the just treatment of all trumps the pursuit of privilege and inequality – Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change will appeal to students and academics in disciplines as diverse as philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography and education, and in fields such as policy studies, criminology, healthcare, social work and social welfare.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors Acknowledgements Practical Justice: by way of introduction Peter Aggleton, Alex Broom and Jeremy Moss Section 1. Perspectives and accounts Chapter 1: Concepts of justice and practical injustices Paul Patton and Jeremy Moss Chapter 2: ‘Homeless women’: histories of emotion and justice Anne O'Brien Chapter 3: Worlds apart and still no closer to justice: recognition and redress in gendered disability violence Leanne Dowse Chapter 4: Supporting mental health in low-income communities: implications for justice and equity Felicity Thomas and Lorraine Hansford Chapter 5: Critical theories of justice and the practice of torture prevention Danielle Celermajer Chapter 6: Poverty in rich countries: damage, difference, and possibilities for justice kylie valentine Chapter 7: Engaging global institutions to achieve practical justice: the case of sexual rightsSofia Gruskin and Alexandra Nicholson Section 2. From principles to practice Chapter 8: Practical justice in social work and social welfare: contested values Richard Hugman Chapter 9: A just child protection system – is it possible? Ilan Katz Chapter 10: Collaborative disability inclusive research and evaluation as a practical justice process Karen Fisher and Rosemary Kayess Chapter 11: Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians Darryl Cronin Chapter 12: The serendipity of justice: the case of unaccompanied migrant children becoming ‘adult’ in the UK Elaine Chase Chapter 13: Patient reported measures as a justice project through involvement of service user researchers Annie Madden, Paul Lennon, Cassie Hogan, Mel Getty, Max Hopwood, Joanne Neale and Carla Treloar Chapter 14: Unequal justice: the effect of mass incarceration on children’s educational outcomes in the USA. Practical implications for policy and programmes Leila Morsy Chapter 15: Antimicrobial resistance, bacterial relations and social justiceAlex Broom, Assa Doron and Peter Aggleton Chapter 16: Fostering change through the pursuit of practical justice in sexual and reproductive health and rights Purnima Mane and Peter Aggleton

About the Author :
Peter Aggleton has worked internationally on sexuality, gender, health and rights for over 30 years. He is an Emeritus Scientia Professor at UNSW Sydney, Australia; a distinguished honorary professor at the Australian National University; an adjunct professor in the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, Australia; and an honorary professor in the Institute for Global Health at UCL in London. Alex Broom is Scientia Professor of sociology in the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He is co-director of the Arts and Social Sciences Practical Justice Initiative and a recognised international leader in the sociology of health and illness. His current work aims to develop critical analyses of the social dynamics of cancer and palliative care, and the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance across contexts and cultures. Jeremy Moss is a professor of political philosophy and co-director of the Arts and Social Sciences Practical Justice Initiative at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He is an international expert on climate justice. His current research interests include climate justice and the ethical issues associated with climate transitions.