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Abstract South Africa is the world's most unequal country. Poverty and inequality, exacerbated by unemployment are the country's foremost challenges. The present government has made significant progress regarding the provision of basic services and broadening the social wage. However, the unfortunate reality is that inequality grew since the advent of democracy over twenty years ago. This development runs contrary to the commitments of the South African Constitution and social policy provisions, thereby raising more serious questions of rights and social justice. The continuity, depth and breadth of inequality, including the extraordinary financial and social costs is linked to the legacy of apartheid. Inequality is structurally embedded spatially and economically. Crucially, inequality is also a function of access to opportunities and human development outcomes. The paper attempts a theoretical discussion of the relationship between inequality, poverty and unemployment, which requires greater input; identifies some barriers to transformation; and presents tentative approaches towards lowering inequality.

Cover -- Readings in Language Studies -- LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- CHAPTER 1: LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES IN AN ANGLO-CONTROLLED BILINGUAL CHARTER SCHOOL -- CHAPTER 2: DIFFERENCES IN EXPRESSIONS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EVIDENCED IN COLLEGE STUDENTS' FABLES -- CHAPTER 3: CREATING RUSSIAN-AMERICAN IDENTITIES IN RECENT AMERICAN FICTION -- CHAPTER 4: QUÉ REVOLÚ -- CHAPTER 5: IDIOMATICITY AND LANGUAGE USE -- LANGUAGE TEACHING PRACTICES, PEDAGOGY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

The Penn School of Social Policy and Practice enjoys a reputation as Penn's social justice school, for its faculty actively strives to translate the highest ideals into workable programs that better people's lives. In this election year, as Americans debate issues like immigration, crime, mass incarceration, policing, and welfare reform, and express concerns over increasing inequality, tax policy, and divisions by race, sex, and class, "SP2," as the school is colloquially known, offers its expertise in addressing the pressing matters of our day. The practical solutions on offer in this volume showcase the judgment and commitment of the school's scholars and practitioners, working to change politics from blood sport to common undertakings.

"What is social justice? At this point, there is considerable disagreement. For many, the term social justice is baffling and useless, with no real meaning. Most who use it argue that social justice is the moral fairness of the system of rules and norms that govern society. Do these rules work so that all persons get what is due to them as human beings and as members of the community? Shifting from the will of individuals in rendering justice to the outcome of the system of rules in achieving justice can be a dangerous leap. To some, it suggests that virtually every inequality arises because the rules of the game are unfair and that the state must intervene whenever there are unequal outcomes. The dangers of this leap are the primary focus of Is Social Justice Just?, whose twenty-one authors accepted an invitation to "explore, reassess, and critique the concept of social justice-relating it to ongoing debates in economics, history, philosophy, politics, public policy, religion, and the broader culture.""--

11 Anarchism, Original Sin and the Decentralization of PowerPart IV: Justice, Love, and Community; 12 Common Ruins of Love; 13 Augustine and Social Justice in Calvin's Biblical Commentaries; 14 Friendship and Moral Formation; 15 Augustine, Families, and Social Justice; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book discusses the potential of social innovation in the pursuit of social justice in Africa. In the twenty-first century, social innovation and entrepreneurship have attracted renewed attention as a way of promoting social justice and addressing challenges of poverty and inequality.

Drawing on perspectives from human rights, economics, business, development studies and anthropology, this book illustrates the entangled relationship between societal areas and activities, as well as different actors (individuals, communities, business actors, non-governmental organisations and public authorities) in social innovation. It identifies various models of social innovation, ranging from grassroots initiatives to public policymaking, and discusses their impact on socioeconomic welfare. It analyses a broad range of original research data and incorporates localised understandings of social innovation, highlighting both the empowering potential of social innovation and the possibility that it could sustain or create inequalities. As such, this book deepens an understanding of what makes social innovation 'social' and 'just'.

Arguing that social justice innovation can only be understood in context, this book will be of interest for researchers and policy makers across the fields of human rights, economics, business, development studies, anthropology and African studies.