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Social Justice and the Justification of Social Inequalities
In this chapter, we introduce key research on social justice from an interdisciplinary social scientific perspective, focusing on questions of what...
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Achieving Gender Equity: A Case for Science Education in India
Gender equity in science education entails that all students of any sex, regardless of their culture, caste, disability, linguistic and ethnic...
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What Welfare Principles Do Europeans Prefer? An Analysis of Their Attitudes Towards Old Age Pensions and Unemployment Benefits
Although European welfare states receive high levels of public support, insights into what kind of general redistributive principles Europeans would...
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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Supporting “Successful” Transitions into Adulthood
Completing education, obtaining employment, and securing an independent residence, tasks tied to an ideal of self-sufficiency are viewed as important...
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Marcia Rioux: A Voice for Impact
This chapter spans the career of Marcia Rioux who was a profound voice for impact and change in the field of critical disability and human rights....
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Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities Proceedings of 2nd International Conference of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
This book comprises the proceedings of the TEQIP III Sponsored 2nd International Conference on “Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities” (2nd...
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Donor-Funded Women’s Empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of Women’s NGOs and Changing Attitudes to the International Agenda
This article investigates internationally funded women’s empowerment initiatives in Tajikistan. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991...
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How Do People React to (In)Equality and (In)Justice? A Psychological Approach
This chapter first discusses the psychological relationship between (in)equality and (in)justice. Focusing on distributive justice, different justice...
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Marcia Rioux: A Voice for Impact
This chapter spans the career of Marcia Rioux who was a profound voice for impact and change in the field of critical disability and human rights....
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Click to Connect: An Ethic of Care Approach to Serving First-Generation Students Online
Higher education continues to be met with insurmountable challenges such as federal/state defunding and campus/community crisis while simultaneously...
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Canvassing Gender Issues and Opportunities in Select Indian English Fiction Through the Perspective of Dalit Women
The question of gender equality and equity has been prevailing in the mainstream society since many ages in pre- and post-colonial India. It has...
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Handbook of Disability Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World
This important reference work maps the terrain of disability across the world by providing an overview of issues, concerns and developments in the...
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Gender, Anti-discrimination and Diversity: The EU’s Role in Promoting Equality
The EU has developed a substantial framework to promote equality, address discrimination and manage diversity. Over the course of six decades of EU...
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Unequal Access, Water Scarcity and Everyday Practice of Water
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, wrote, “the spirit of the age is in favour of equality, though practice denies it almost...
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Introduction: The Reality of Social Exclusion and Policy of Inclusion
Social exclusion continues to surface in development and public policy debates all over the globe. The concept of social exclusion is used to denote...
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Are targets really SMART-er? Challenging assumptions behind global environmental policy goals to realize ocean equity
Unpacking the dynamics of policy mobility is critical to understanding what happens when global environmental policies are implemented, including why...
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The challenges of rural family physician program in Iran: a discourse analysis of the introduction to criticizing power imbalance between rural health and mainstream urban health
Compared with many metropolitan residents, Iranians living in rural areas have a poorer health status partly due to the inequitable access to...
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Can Colour-Blind Communication be Culturally Responsive? Input on Sexual Violence Policies and Services from Culturally Matched Student Focus Groups
Forty-two ethnoculturally and gender-matched student focus groups in Nova Scotia Canada were convened at four predominantly white postsecondary...
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Social Justice and Advanced Cancer Patients: an Analysis of Key Policies
PurposeThis policy analysis examines key aspects of two policies fundamental to work with terminal cancer patients: the Medicare Hospice Benefit and...