Social Justice, Poverty and Race: Normative and Empirical Points of View

SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE: Normative and Empirical Points of View
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL FOREWORD
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK
Part One:
THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE
	ONE Barriers to Truth Concerning Social Justice: Towards an Understanding of the Challenging Quest for Social Justice
		1. Introduction
		2. Fundamental Guiding Assumptions
		3. “Moats in Our Eyes:” Barriers Keep Us from Truth
		4. Perspective: From What Angle Is Your View?
		5. Persistence: Have You Checked Your “Truth” Lately
		6. Proximity: Closeness and Concern
		7. Peculiarity: The Need to Conform
		8. The Solomon Asch Studies
		9. The Stanley Milgram Studies
		10. Programming Potential
		11. Perfection: How Our Lack of It Impedes Our Search
		12. Creating a Common Vision: A Win-Win Scenario
		13. Conclusion
	TWO The Limits of Western Democracy: Ethnic Politics and its Constraints for Social Justice in Post-colonial Polyethnic Societies?
		1. Introduction
		2. The Colonial Pre-Independence Period (1835-1950)
		3. Ethnic Division of Labor Force
		4. The Indentured Contract Altered Character of Colony
		5. The Impact of Ethnic Division on Democracy
		6. Possible Way Forward: Mauritius Points the Way
	THREE Imaginary Leaders: Resolving the Anonymity Problem
for Modern Social Activism?
		1. Introduction
		2. Media Evolution and Activism
		3. Credibility and Public Discourse
		4. Constructing Credibility in a Text
		6. Conclusion
	FOUR International Perspectives on Social Justice
		1. Introduction
		2. Social Justice: A Framework from Social Psychology
		3. Major Historical Injustices
		4. Views on Social Justice from a 43-Nation Study
		5. Realism and Post-realism in International Relations
		6. Emerging Cultural Influences on Social Justice
		7. What Makes Cultural Views Influential?
		8. Justice: Abstract or Concrete
		9. Personal Experiences of Disparate Cultural Views
		10. Conclusions: Value of Cultural Exploration
		Annotated Bibliography: Suggestions for Reading
	FIVE Murder on the Bayou: The Demand for Social Justice Following the Death of José Campos Torres
		1. Introduction
		2. Important Background
		4. Impact of the Torres Case (Locally and Nationally)
		5. Moving Beyond the Wounds
		6. To Change a Nation
Part Two TEACHING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE
	SIX Sociocentric Social Justice: Moving From “I’m Right” to “We’re Connected”
		1. Introduction
		2. Milton J. Bennett’s Development Continuum
		3. The Continuum – Explored
		4. The Difficult Part – Assisting Student Development
		5. Linking Our Assignments to Stages in the Model
		6. Conclusion
	SEVEN Navigating New Worlds of Social Justice in Teacher Education
		1. Introduction
		2. Social Justice: The Assignment
		3. Tornado Disrupts My World
		4. We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
		5. Lions and Tigers and Bears—Oh My!
		6. Aftermath of the Attack
		7. A Foe Unveiled
		8. I Will Not Click My Ruby Slippers
		9. Conclusion by Karon LeCompte
		10. Social Justice Teaching Resources
	EIGHT Social Justice and Evidence-Based Assessment With the Learning Record
		1. Introduction
		2. Institutions and Cultural Values
		3. An Alternative to This Madness Does Exist
		4. The Learning Record
			A. An Empirical Method
			B. One Rule
			C. The Structure of the Learning Record
		5. Collaborative, Public, Open Assessment
		6. Conclusion
	NINE Bearing the Burden: Will the Elite be America’s Only College Educated?
		1. Introduction
		2. Is There Justice in the Financial System?
		3. Is There Still a Middle-Class in America?
		4. Is There Still a Place for the Middle-Class Student?
		5. Is There Myopia in the American Middle-Class?
	TEN Developing an Understanding of Best Practices for Teaching Undergraduate Students about Poverty
		1. Introduction
		2. Social Justice: The Assignment
		3. Review of Relevant Literature in Teaching Poverty
		4. Programs and Approaches to Poverty Education
		5. Washington and Lee’s Shepherd Program
		6. Baylor University Interdisciplinary Poverty Initiative
		7. Rice University Program in Poverty
		8. University of California at Berkeley
		9. Pedagogical Approaches, Experience Learning
		10. Poverty Survey and Simulation Study
		11. Literature on Impact of Simulations on Attitudes
		12. Niagara University Poverty Survey
		13. Data Analysis, Results & Discussion
		14. Discussion and Conclusion
Part Three PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE
	ELEVEN Social Justice and the Integration of  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worldviews in Australian Social Work Practice and Education
		1. Introduction
		2. Who are Indigenous Australians?
		3. The Colonization of Australia
		4. The Stolen Generation
		5. Saying Sorry
		6. Social Justice and Australian Social Work
		7. Acknowledging the Privilege of Whiteness
		8. Aboriginal Elders and Social Workers Share Stories
		9. Developing, Teaching and Applying Knowledge
		10. Conclusion: A Shared Responsibility
	TWELVE Can GMO Solve World Hunger?
		1. Introduction
		2. Review of Literature
		3. Discussion and Conclusion
	THIRTEEN Reconceptualizing the Story of U.S. Cultural Adaptation?
		1. Introduction
		2. Mainstream Social Scientific Scholarship
		3. Social Scientific Theorizing
		4. Filling the Critical Scholarship Gap
		5. Conclusion
	FOURTEEN Poverty, Immigration and Latinos in U.S. Texas Colonias
		1. Introduction
		2. Poverty, Immigration and the Unbanked
		3. Financial Access
		4. The Built Environment
		5. Texas Colonias
		6. Colonias in Texas – The Built Environment
		7. Colonias- The Unbanked
		8. A Successful Experiment: Serving the Excluded
		9. Conclusions and Recommendations
	FIFTEEN Victory in the Fields: César Chavez’s Quest for Dignity and Social Justice for Farm Workers Through Non- Violence and Spiritual Power
		1. Introduction
		2. Crucial Background
		3. Harsh Conditions of Life
		4. Moving Up
		5. The March & Beyond
		6. Conclusion
	CONCLUSION TO THE WORK
WORKS CITED
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX
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