Zusammenfassung der Ressource
SOCIAL JUSTICE
- conceptions change over time & differ between cultures, e.g feminism, migration
- continually contested throughout time
- beliefs about the rights/freedom/opportunities that individuals should have
- everyone should be equal
- women over time challenged the lack of fairness, e.g vote, equal pay, property rights
- however, some cultures regard sex inequality as natural
- individuals are naturally unequal in their abilities
- the very poor are vulnerable to social harm, e.g hurricane Katrina
- in pursuit of a "good society"
- reflects changing responses to "problem population"
- problem populations, e.g hurricane Katrina, banileue, "problem estates", projects outside Paris & Lyon
- different notions of justice = NORMATIVE ideas
- a sense that society is unjust leads individuals/groups to MOBILISE & join protests/riots/revolutions = Active