Economic Justice

About: Economic Justice is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 41600 publications have been published within this topic receiving 661535 citations.

The urbanization of injustice

Abstract: Written by David Harvey 20 years ago, "Social Justice and the City" linked power and justice in the geographical field, and it had an influence in many related disciplines. But during the two decades since its publication, great changes have taken place in political and urban life. Urban areas are now characterized by the omnipresence of the homeless, by huge disparities in wealth, by a growing underclass and by the exponential increase in people suffering from the effects of AIDS and hard drug use. The contributors are from both sides of the Atlantic, including Harvey himself, they analyze these changes and reconsider the character of urbanism and social justice. They push for an intellectual agenda that rallies around the development of socially just urban practices. The contributors include: Marshall Berman on rap and social justice in America; Doreen Massey on space and identity tensions in the city; and Edward Soja on social justice and the new cultural politics.

A Modern Guide to Macroeconomics: An Introduction to Competing Schools of Thought

Abstract: This study of modern macroeconomics aims to do justice not only to fiscalism, monetarism and rational expectations, but also to real business-cycle theory, post-Keynesianism and the Austrian theory of business cycles. The material is enhanced by interviews with leading macroeconomists.

Etymologies and genealogies : a literary anthropology of the French Middle Ages

Abstract: "Mr Bloch has attempted to establish what he calls a 'literary anthropology' The project is important and ambitious It seems to me that Mr Bloch has completely achieved this ambition" Michel Foucault "Bloch's Study is a genuinely interdisciplinaryone, bringing together elements of history, ethnology, philology, philosophy, economics and literature, with the undoubted ambition of generating a new synthesis which will enable us to read the Middle Ages in a different light Stated simply, and in terms which do justice neither to the density nor the subtlety of his argument, Bloch's thesis is this: that medieval society perceived itself in terms of a vertical mode of descent from origins This model is articulated etymologically in medieval theories of grammar and language, and is consequently reflected in historical and theological writings; it is also latent in the genealogical structure of the aristocratic family as it began to be organized in France in the twelfth century, and is made manifest in such systems of signs as heraldry and the adoption of patronymns It is an ingenious and compelling synthesis which no medievalist, even on this side of the Atlantic, can afford to ignore" Nicholas Mann, "Times Literary Supplement""

Feminist Engagement with Restorative Justice

Abstract: Feminist engagement with the idea of restorative justice (RJ) takes several forms, and this article maps five areas of theory, research, and politics. They are: theories of justice; the role of retribution in criminal justice; studies of gender in RJ processes; the appropriateness of RJ for partner, sexual, or family violence; and the politics of race and gender in making justice claims. There is overlap among the five, and some analysts or arguments may work across them. However, each has a particular set of concerns and a different kind of engagement with the idea of RJ. The most developed area of feminist scholarship concerns the appropriateness of RJ for partner, sexual, or family violence. It is not surprising that feminist analysts have focused on this area: it is perhaps the most common context in which women come into contact with the justice system, and the significance of gender is readily apparent. It is also an area in which RJ advocates are poorly informed. At the same time, it is important to recognize that there are other domains of feminist engagement with RJ.