1st Edition

Social Development, Social Inequalities, and Social Justice

Edited By Cecilia Wainryb, Judith G. Smetana, Elliot Turiel Copyright 2008
266 Pages
by Psychology Press

266 Pages
by Psychology Press

272 Pages
by Psychology Press

This volume considers previously separate bodies of research on social justice, social equality, and social development. Eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss the latest research to help us understand the relation between social inequalities and social development. In so doing, the book documents the powerful ways that social inequalities frame development and explores the... Read more
E.Turie, The Trouble With the Ways Morality is Used and How They Impede Social Equality and Social Justice. C.C. Helwig, The Moral Judgment of the Child Reevaluated: Heteronomy, Early Morality, and Reasoning about Social Justice and Inequalities. E.Zigler,S. J. Styfco, America's Head Start Program: An Effort for Social Justice. J. Gills, K.Schmukler, M. Azmitia,F. Crosby, Affirmative Action and Ethnic Minority University Students: Enlarging Pipelines to Support Services. E. Goodman, N.E. Adler, The Biology of Social Justice: Linking Social Inequalities and Health in Adolescence. S. Horn, Leaving LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students Behind: Schools, Sexuality, and Rights. C. Good ,J. Aronson, The Development of Stereotype Threat: Consequences for Educational and Social Equality. U.Wikan, Honor, Truth, and Justice. M. Nussbaum, In Defense of Universal Values.

Biography

Cecilia Wainryb, Judith G. Smetana, Elliot Turiel

"The issues the authors write about in the book are of great importance. The research, philosophy, and recommendations found inside the book's chapters deserve careful consideration by anyone interested in social development and social justice." - Robert W. Howard - PsycCritiques