{"product_id":"why-social-justice-matters-themes-for-the-21st-century-series-9780745629933","title":"Why Social Justice Matters Themes for the 21st","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the past twenty years, social injustice has increased enormously in Britain and the United States, regardless of the party in power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant polemic against inequality.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoy Hattersley, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Barry's pugnacious defence of a robust social democracy deserves to find a wide readership ... for disillusioned social democrats, \u003ci\u003eWhy Social Justice Matters\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a refreshingly staunch and intelligent manifesto.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Barry's writing is extremely engaging. His arguments are supported by a wide range of examples and illustrations and an impressive breadth of scholarship.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthics and Social Welfare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book is a powerful argument against the utter inequity of the current political and economic system in the UK and against the way in which a discourse of ‘equal opportunities’ is used to maintain what Barry describes as the ‘machinery of injustice’. In this extraordinarily simple and lucid book, Barry weaves striking threads of supporting evidence, anecdotes, quotations and statistics together to encourage us to insist that another (just) world is not only possible but that an unjust world cannot endure.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Barry persuasively argues that differentials in positional goods allow the rich to have better personal health due to higher self-esteem, better access to more fulfilling jobs due to a wealth of social connections, and greater ability to capture the government and use it to secure their own interests.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUtilitas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Social Justice: The Basics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why We Need a Theory 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Machinery of Social Injustice 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Scope of Social Justice 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Equality of Opportunity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Why Equal Opportunity? 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Education 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Health 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Making of the Black Gulag 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Cult of Personal Responsibility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Responsibility versus Equality? 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rights and Responsibilities 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Irresponsible Societies 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Demands of Social Justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Pathologies of Inequality 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Wealth 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Jobs and Incomes 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Can We Afford Social Justice? 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI The Future of Social Justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Power of Ideas 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 How Change Happens 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Meltdown? 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Justice or Bust 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 311\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359140282711,"sku":"9780745629933","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-social-justice-matters-themes-for-the-21st-century-series-9780745629933","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}