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Social Justice in a Turbulent Era
This incisive book examines how the values of social justice can be protected against attacks from the interacting economic, social, environmental, and health crises of the 21st century. Global contributors outline key elements of a political programme that resists the shift to the right caused by this turbulence through centring fairness, equality, respect and inclusion.
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This incisive book examines how the values of social justice can be protected against attacks from the interacting economic, social, environmental, and health crises of the 21st century. Global contributors outline key elements of a political programme that resists the shift to the right caused by this turbulence through centring fairness, equality, respect and inclusion.
Integrating policy, practical, and political perspectives, this book analyses the Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of racism and xenophobia, the growth of right-wing populism and nationalism, the 2008 economic crisis, and the impacts of climate change. Arguing that the current era is unique for the global nature of its turbulences, it illustrates how and why the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged has grown more rapidly due to recent crises. Contributors focus on how these crises relate to and reinforce each other, providing roadmaps for political action across national borders.
This book will be essential reading for academics in sociology, politics, public and social policy, sustainability, and human rights. Providing ideas and models to support the practical struggle for social justice, it will also be an invaluable guide for activists, politicians, and policymakers.
Integrating policy, practical, and political perspectives, this book analyses the Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of racism and xenophobia, the growth of right-wing populism and nationalism, the 2008 economic crisis, and the impacts of climate change. Arguing that the current era is unique for the global nature of its turbulences, it illustrates how and why the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged has grown more rapidly due to recent crises. Contributors focus on how these crises relate to and reinforce each other, providing roadmaps for political action across national borders.
This book will be essential reading for academics in sociology, politics, public and social policy, sustainability, and human rights. Providing ideas and models to support the practical struggle for social justice, it will also be an invaluable guide for activists, politicians, and policymakers.
Critical Acclaim
‘Invaluable and timely research exposing the global drift of authoritarian politics of austerity, greed and hate by re-engaging with the social justice values of fairness, equality and inclusion to inform centrist and alternative left-of-centre strategies. The globally-sourced case studies analyse the continuing crises of economic neoliberalism, embedded racism and entrenched poverty which have been exacerbated by Covid-19 and climate change. The reader is left to consider how the challenge facing progressive civil society is moving beyond the politics of disparate social movements towards combined action directed at public policy respecting a common humanity.’
– Graham Riches, University of British Columbia, Canada
– Graham Riches, University of British Columbia, Canada
Contributors
Contributors: Sabirah Adams, Bassak Akkan, Adam Badger, Ravinder Barn, Alessio Bertolini, Calum Carson, Serena Clark, Denise Cloutier, Gary Craig, Emre Erdogan, Tobia Fattore, Susann Fegter, Mark Graham, Hyesong Ha, Amin Sharifi Isaloo, Saltanat Janenova, Colin Knox, Russell Mannion, Jan Mason, Stella Marz, Joan Miro, Serra Muderrisoglu, Keith O’Neill, Katherine Cresswell Riol, Shazly Savahi, Ewen Speed, Funda Istek Spilda, Graziela Tonon, Audrey Tung, Pinar Uyan-Semerci, Chelsea Wilkinson
Contents
Contents:
Introduction 1
Gary Craig
1 The rise of right-wing populism and the implications for
health care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond 10
Russell Mannion and Ewen Speed
2 Social injustice in consolidated authoritarian regimes:
responding to the COVID-19 pandemic 23
Colin Knox, Saltanat Janenova, and Hyesong Ha
3 Racism and the far right 45
Amin Sharifi Isaloo
4 The labour market and the ‘race to the bottom’: the UK
Living Wage campaign as an alternative 65
Calum Carson
5 Fairness in the platform economy: lessons learnt from a pandemic 82
Adam Badger, Alessio Bertolini, Mark Graham, and
Funda Ustek Spilda
6 Just transition in practice: lessons from the EU’s pathway
to a socially fair green transition 111
Joan Miró
7 Social justice, neoliberalism and food charity: insights
from Aotearoa/New Zealand 131
Katharine Cresswell Riol
8 Authoritarianism and theocracy in the 21st century:
far-right Christianity and social counter-movements in America 152
Serena Clark and Chelsea Wilkinson
9 The third sector amid welfare state restructuring: the
implications for social justice in an era of permanent austerity 173
Keith A. O’Neill
10 No shelter from the storm: the growing challenges of
housing precarity for older women during the COVID-19
pandemic 194
Audrey Tung and Denise Cloutier
11 Child well-being and social justice: findings from
a multinational qualitative study 218
Tobia Fattore, Sabirah Adams, Başak Akkan, Ravinder
Barn, Emre Erdoğan, Susann Fegter, Jan Mason, Stella
MŠrz, Serra Müderrisoğlu, Shazly Savahl, Graciela
Tonon, Põnar Uyan-Semerci
Conclusion: promoting social justice in a turbulent era 242
Gary Craig
Index
Introduction 1
Gary Craig
1 The rise of right-wing populism and the implications for
health care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond 10
Russell Mannion and Ewen Speed
2 Social injustice in consolidated authoritarian regimes:
responding to the COVID-19 pandemic 23
Colin Knox, Saltanat Janenova, and Hyesong Ha
3 Racism and the far right 45
Amin Sharifi Isaloo
4 The labour market and the ‘race to the bottom’: the UK
Living Wage campaign as an alternative 65
Calum Carson
5 Fairness in the platform economy: lessons learnt from a pandemic 82
Adam Badger, Alessio Bertolini, Mark Graham, and
Funda Ustek Spilda
6 Just transition in practice: lessons from the EU’s pathway
to a socially fair green transition 111
Joan Miró
7 Social justice, neoliberalism and food charity: insights
from Aotearoa/New Zealand 131
Katharine Cresswell Riol
8 Authoritarianism and theocracy in the 21st century:
far-right Christianity and social counter-movements in America 152
Serena Clark and Chelsea Wilkinson
9 The third sector amid welfare state restructuring: the
implications for social justice in an era of permanent austerity 173
Keith A. O’Neill
10 No shelter from the storm: the growing challenges of
housing precarity for older women during the COVID-19
pandemic 194
Audrey Tung and Denise Cloutier
11 Child well-being and social justice: findings from
a multinational qualitative study 218
Tobia Fattore, Sabirah Adams, Başak Akkan, Ravinder
Barn, Emre Erdoğan, Susann Fegter, Jan Mason, Stella
MŠrz, Serra Müderrisoğlu, Shazly Savahl, Graciela
Tonon, Põnar Uyan-Semerci
Conclusion: promoting social justice in a turbulent era 242
Gary Craig
Index
