1st Edition
Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Practical justice: by way of introduction
Peter Aggleton, Alex Broom and Jeremy Moss
Part I. Perspectives and accounts
Chapter 1: Concepts of justice and practical injustices
Paul Patton and Jeremy Moss
Chapter 2: ‘Homeless women’: histories of emotion and justice
Anne O'Brien
Chapter 3: Worlds apart and still no closer to justice: recognition and redress in gendered disability violence
Leanne Dowse
Chapter 4: Supporting mental health in low-income communities: implications for justice and equity
Felicity Thomas and Lorraine Hansford
Chapter 5: Critical theories of justice and the practice of torture prevention
Danielle Celermajer
Chapter 6: Poverty in rich countries: damage, difference and possibilities for justice
Kylie Valentine
Chapter 7: Engaging global institutions to achieve practical justice: the case of sexual rights
Sofia Gruskin and Alexandra Nicholson
Part II. From principles to practice
Chapter 8: Practical justice in social work and social welfare: contested values
Richard Hugman
Chapter 9: A just child protection system – is it possible?
Ilan Katz
Chapter 10: Collaborative disability-inclusive research and evaluation as a practical justice process
Karen R. Fisher and Rosemary Kayess
Chapter 11: Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians
Darryl Cronin
Chapter 12: The serendipity of justice: the case of unaccompanied migrant children becoming ‘adult’ in the UK
Elaine Chase
Chapter 13: Patient-reported measures as a justice project through involvement of service-user researchers
Annie Madden, Paul Lennon, Cassie Hogan, Mel Getty, Max Hopwood, Joanne Neale and Carla Treloar
Chapter 14: Unequal justice: the effect of mass incarceration on children’s educational outcomes in the USA – practical implications for policy and programmes
Leila Morsy
Chapter 15: Antimicrobial resistance, bacterial relations and social justice
Alex Broom, Assa Doron and Peter Aggleton
Chapter 16: Fostering change through the pursuit of practical justice in sexual and reproductive health and rights
Purnima Mane and Peter Aggleton
Biography
Peter Aggleton has worked internationally on sexuality, gender, health and rights for over 30 years. He is an Emeritus Scientia Professor at UNSW Sydney, Australia; a distinguished honorary professor at the Australian National University; an adjunct professor in the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, Australia; and an honorary professor in the Institute for Global Health at UCL in London.
Alex Broom is Scientia Professor of sociology in the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He is co-director of the Arts and Social Sciences Practical Justice Initiative and a recognised international leader in the sociology of health and illness. His current work aims to develop critical analyses of the social dynamics of cancer and palliative care, and the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance across contexts and cultures.
Jeremy Moss is a professor of political philosophy and co-director of the Arts and Social Sciences Practical Justice Initiative at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He is an international expert on climate justice. His current research interests include climate justice and the ethical issues associated with climate transitions.
