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This volume superbly conceptualises and contextualises social justice in and for our global age. The stellar cast of sociologists connect concepts to practices and outline the challenges we face, as well as providing necessary responses. Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, University of Sussex An excellent set of chapters bringing to the fore new perspectives on the social injustices and inequalities facing a world in crisis. The book is theoretically and empirically rigorous and integrates compelling scenarios from various parts of the world. Kammila Naidoo, Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg By using contextual global sociology, Sociology and Social Justice explores: • Historic and contemporary sites and contexts around the world • Sociological insights on topics ranging from social movements, to cyber space. • International struggles, processes, and outcomes Written by distinguished international scholars, this is an essential text for those looking at issues of: Human Rights, Public Sociology, Democratization, Gender, and Globalization. Margaret Abraham is a Professor of Sociology at Hofstra University and Past President of the International Sociological Association (ISA)2014-2018.
A New Sociology for Social Justice Movements
A New Sociology for Social Justice Movements
Max Weber was clear that the rise of formal rationality, whether in the form of bureaucracy, law, or mass democracy, does not compensate subject populations for their economic and social oppression. Rather, formal rationality that extends equal rights to all perpetuates the injustices they experience. Weber argued that the only way this might be challenged was through informal means, what he sometimes called ‘Kadi-justice’ (Weber, 1946, p. 221). These informal means, however, whether they are public opinion or communal action, are often manipulated and staged from above. Weber was very suspicious of what today we call social movements, which he saw as arising from an ...
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