Publisher's Synopsis
Social Justice is a concept we take for granted, assuming that it means using state structures to ensure equality and fairness. But is this true? Do state structures of social order actually inhibit creativity, freedom, social welfare, and a sense of belonging? This intriguing collection offers new and challenging ways of answering these questions by looking at different realities, different truths, and, ultimately, by exposing the power dynamics that construct and define our social order. In this volume social justice has been interpreted in various ways: from notions of freedom and democracy to issues of economic, social, gender, and racial equality. Authors explore the analysis of power imbalances and the expression of diverse realities as ways to disrupt and challenge ideologies. And, hence, as ways toward moving to new forms of social justice.
