Walls and Bridges
Social Justice and Public Policy
Seiten
2004
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-5908-9 (ISBN)
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-5908-9 (ISBN)
The mounting social problems of this society are begging for solutions - ethical solutions to be sure. This text provides an original approach to the study of and solving of American social problems.
A fresh and easy-to-understand examination of some of America's most challenging social issues.
Winner of the 2004 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association
This useful classroom resource for professors wishing to incorporate notions of justice into their courses examines a variety of America's most challenging social issues (education, poverty, homelessness, crime, and health care), interwoven with racial and ethnic themes. Anthony J. Cortese illustrates how the tension between moral relativism on the one hand, and universal ethics on the other, makes concrete policy discussion difficult. He illustrates how, through a synthesis of justice, law, and power, a social ethics approach to public policy could resolve various intergroup conflicts and social problems. Included at the end of each chapter are "What You Can Do" exercises and activities that encourage students to apply what they have learned to their own lives.
A fresh and easy-to-understand examination of some of America's most challenging social issues.
Winner of the 2004 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association
This useful classroom resource for professors wishing to incorporate notions of justice into their courses examines a variety of America's most challenging social issues (education, poverty, homelessness, crime, and health care), interwoven with racial and ethnic themes. Anthony J. Cortese illustrates how the tension between moral relativism on the one hand, and universal ethics on the other, makes concrete policy discussion difficult. He illustrates how, through a synthesis of justice, law, and power, a social ethics approach to public policy could resolve various intergroup conflicts and social problems. Included at the end of each chapter are "What You Can Do" exercises and activities that encourage students to apply what they have learned to their own lives.
Anthony J. Cortese is Professor of Sociology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of Ethnic Ethics: The Restructuring of Moral Theory, published by SUNY Press, and Provocateur: Images of Women and Minorities in Advertising.
Preface
1. A Social Ethics Approach to Social Problems
2. The Crisis and Denial of Access in Education
3. Welfare, Poverty, and the Legitimization of Social Inequality
4. Sidewalk Stories: The Forgotten Homeless People
5. Medical Apartheid: The Unequal Distribution and Quality of Health Care
6. Crime and Prison: The Social Control of Deviance
7. Social Ethics and Implications for Public Policy
Appendix: Implications for Social Policy
References
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.1.2004 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SUNY series in Public Policy |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7914-5908-X / 079145908X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7914-5908-9 / 9780791459089 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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