Social Justice and the University: Globalization, Human Rights and the Future of Democracy (2014)

ISBN 10: 1137289376 / ISBN 13: 9781137289377

Published by Palgrave MacMillan April 2014, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Justice and the University: Globalization, Human Rights and the Future of Democracy (2014)
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan April 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137289376
• ISBN 13: 9781137289377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

Can universities continue to play a major role in advancing social justice today? This volume illuminates key aspects of social justice as a theoretical project and as a set of practical challenges. Authors address related issues from the perspectives of active practitioners in the context of or from close proximity to universities.

About the Author

Timothy Adkins, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Benjamin Barton, University of Tennessee, USA Felix Bivens, Empyrean Research, USA Robert C. Blitt, University of Tennessee, USA Courtney Cronley, University of Texas, USA Walter Davis, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, USA Elizabeth A. East, University of Tennessee, USA Ben Feldmeyer, University of Cincinnati, USA John Gaventa, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Benjamin Gregg, University of Texas, USA Michael Handelsman, University of Tennessee, USA Jennifer Lantz, Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition, USA Eric Royal Lybeck, University of Cambridge, UK Katie Morris, Pellissippi State Community College, USA John Nolt, University of Tennessee, USA David A. Patterson, University of Tennessee, USA Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York, USA David Reidy, University of Tennessee, USA Barbara Risman, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Maria Stehle, University of Tennessee, USA William V. Taylor, University of Tennessee, USA Jayanni Webster, Knoxville Chapter of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, USA Stacia West, University of Kansas, USA Erik Olin Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA