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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Social justice -- Juvenile literature.
Income distribution -- Juvenile literature.
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Social justice / Noë...
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Social justice / Noël Merino, book editor.
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2014.
Subjects
Social justice -- Juvenile literature.
Income distribution -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780737764208
0737764201
9780737764215 (paperback)
073776421X (paperback)
Series:
Global viewpoints.
Description:
222 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
ch. 1. Social justice and economic inequality. Economic inequality in the United States has grown dangerously unjust / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Economic growth in India and China has exacerbated inequality / Deepankar Basu -- In Africa, widespread poverty and income inequalities need to be addressed / Maurice Mubila, Laurence Lannes, and Mohamed S. Ben Aissa -- Latin America has made progress in reducing its extreme inequality / Mark Loyka -- In Europe, the economic recession has increased inequality / Hanan Morsy -- ch. 2. Social justice and minorities. Indigenous peoples in Australia should be recognized in the constitution / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner -- Japan's recognition of the Ainu has not resulted in adequate social justice / Mitsuharu Vincent Okada -- Ethic and religious minorities in Iraq suffer from inadequate security / Chris Chapman -- Ethic minorities in Vietnam have not shared equally in the benefits of growth / Bob Baulch, with Pham Thai Hung and Hguyen Thi Thu Phuong -- In the United States, native-born blacks and black immigrants suffer from low wages / Patrick L. Mason and Algernon Austin -- In Great Britain, progress has been made in tackling race inequality / Communities and local government -- ch. 3. Social justice and gender. In low- and middle-income countries, gender disparities need to be addressed / Ana Revenga and Sudhir Shetty -- In developed countries, gender inequality affects women and men / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- Is the Arab Spring bad for women? Overthrowing male dominance could be harder than overthrowing a dictator / Isobel Coleman -- Women are the rising stars in the new China / Patti Waldmeir -- In Mexico, widespread gender-based violence is a barrier to women's equality / Amnesty International -- ch. 4. Global social justice. Debt in poor countries is unjust and exploitative / Jubilee Debt Campaign -- Rich countries must do more than poor countries to fight climate change / José Antonio Ocampo and Nicholas Stern -- The food crisis in the developing world is unfair and unjust / Jim Goodman -- Increasing foreign aid not necessarily good for developing countries / Moses Bosire -- Foreign aid from the United Kingdom to India is unnecessary / Nick Wood.
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Examines the issue of social justice and equality from a variety of international perspectives.
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
YA -- Nonfiction
303.372 SO
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Mililani Public Library
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