| Description |
xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Pt.1 Thinking about Justice -- Space, place and time: stories about ourselves -- Class, race and sex: stories about difference -- Pt.2 Justice and the self -- Poverty, power and justice -- Women, difference and justice -- Indigenous Australians, othering and justice -- Sexuality, normalisation and justice -- Young people, responsibility and justice -- Pt.3 Responding to injustice -- Criminal law, equality and justice -- Punishment, treatment and justice -- Human rights, empathy and justice -- Citizenship, belonging and justice -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Australia has always made claims to being a just and fair society. It is a land of opportunity, where anyone can make it, and where mateship rather than class underpins social relations. Why is it, then, that our criminal justice system is host to the most disadvantaged and disenfranchised in our community? Why do certain groups of people continue to experience the worst forms of injustice in our society? And why do these injustices continue, despite numerous attempts by researchers and activists to address them? By exploring the ways in which we think about justice in the wider Australian society, this book considers these questions. As disciplines that have the most to say about justice and injustice, it analyses the contributions of political philosophy and sociology, and examines how their ideas have come to dominate discussion on issues ranging from asylum seeking to homophobic violence. By examining the shared assumptions about justice and injustice that underpin these discussions, this book also charts a course between and beyond these debates, and seeks to engage, challenge, and offer new possibilities for justice in Australian society |
| Analysis |
Criminal justice |
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Egalitarianism |
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Women |
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Poverty |
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Human rights |
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Ethnic relations |
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Citizenship |
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Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders |
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Sexuality |
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Youth |
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Justice |
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Equality |
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Social justice |
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Australian |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-224) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-224) and index |
| Subject |
Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961. Black skins, white masks
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Said, Edward W.
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Tatz, Colin.
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Equality before the law -- Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions.
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Social justice -- Australia.
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Justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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| Author |
Ball, Matthew, 1983-
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| LC no. |
2012518866 |
| ISBN |
1862878951 (paperback) |
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9781862878952 (paperback) |
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