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Author Mestrum, Francine.

Title Redefining the agenda for social justice : voices from Europe and Asia / Francine Mestrum, Meena Menon
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

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Contents Introduction: what this book is about -- Chapter 1: The objectives of the Social Justice Cluster of AEPF -- Chapter 2: Our Charter -- Chapter 3: Social protection as commons -- Chapter 4: Public services -- Chapter 5: Labour -- Chapter 6: Housing -- Chapter 7: The way forward -- Annexure -- Declaration UB -- Declaration Manila -- Declaration Barcelona -- Declaration Ghent -- Declaration Kathmandu -- List of participating organisations
Summary The book relates three years of history of social movements from Asia and Europe who work on social justice, as a rough overview. The work for the book is mainly done on the ground, day after day, working in villages and cities, with people and their organisations, organising resistance and preparing alternatives. It is based on the fact that European and Asian concerns are identical, in spite of divergent levels of development and wealth, and that the existing international initiatives, such as the ILOs social protection floors, or the UNs Sustainable Development Goals are perfectly compatible with neoliberal policies. The book goes beyond and sees social commons as a strategic tool for transforming societies. It is basically a project for the sustainability of life, of humans, of societies, and of nature. The book describes the ideas at the basis of the work in different sectors. It is not about the practice of social policies but about the ideas and discourses that can in the end shape the political practices. In sum, this book, presents a new social paradigm. It concretely shows how social justice and environmental justice do go hand in hand
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Social justice -- Europe
Social justice -- Asia
Social movements -- Europe
Social movements -- Asia
Environmental justice -- Europe
Environmental justice -- Asia
Movimientos sociales -- Europa
Movimientos sociales -- Asia
Justicia social -- Europa
Justicia social -- Asia
Cambio social -- Europa
Cambio social -- Asia
Social movements -- Europe
Social movements -- Asia
Social change -- Europe
Social change -- Asia
Social justice -- Europe
Social justice -- Asia
Environmental justice
Social justice
Social movements
Asia
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Menon, Meena, author.
ISBN 9789813365711
9813365714