Social Justice Issues

Neoliberalising violence: of the exceptional and the exemplary in coalescing moments

by Simon Springer

Springer, S. 2012. Neoliberalising violence: of the exceptional and the exemplary in coalescing moments. Area 44 (2), 136-143.

This paper sets out to develop two related ideas. First, it seeks to identify how both violence and neoliberalism can... more This paper sets out to develop two related ideas. First, it seeks to identify how both violence and neoliberalism can be considered as moments. From this shared conceptualisation of process and fluidity, I argue that it becomes easier to recognise how these two phenomena actually converge. Building upon this conceived coalescence of neoliberalism and violence, the second aim is to recognise how the hegemony of neoliberalism positions it as an abuser, which facilitates the abandonment of those ‘Others’ who fall outside of neoliberal normativity. I argue that the widespread banishment of ‘Others’ under neoliberalism produces a ‘state of exception’, wherein because of its inherently dialectic nature, exceptional violence is transformed into exemplary violence. This metamorphosis occurs as aversion for alterity intensifies under neoliberalism and its associated violence against ‘Others’ comes to form the rule.

Neoliberalism and geography: expansions, variegations, formations

by Simon Springer

Springer, S. 2010. Neoliberalism and geography: expansions, variegations, formations. Geography Compass. 4 (8), 1025-1038.

The pervasiveness of neoliberalism within the field of human geography is remarkable, especially when we consider its... more The pervasiveness of neoliberalism within the field of human geography is remarkable, especially when we consider its virtual absence from the literature less than a decade ago. While the growing attention afforded to neoliberalism among geographers is new, the phenomenon of neoliberalism is not. This paper traces the intellectual history of neoliberalism and its expansions across various institutional frameworks and geographical settings. I review the primary contributions geographers have made to the literature, and specifically their recognition for neoliberalism’s variegations within existing political economic matrixes and institutional frameworks. Contra the prevailing view of neoliberalism as a pure and static end-state, geographical inquiry illuminates neoliberalism as a dynamic and unfolding process. The concept of ‘neoliberalization’ is thus seen as more appropriate to geographical theorizations insofar as it recognizes neoliberalism’s hybridized and mutated forms as it travels around our world. I also consider some of the most salient ways that neoliberalism has been theorized among human geographers. In particular, I highlight understandings of neoliberalism as a hegemonic ideology, as a policy-based approach to state reform, and as a particular logic of governmentality, arguing that while there are significant differences between these various formations, it may also be important to work beyond methodological, epistemological, and ontological divides in the larger interest of social justice.

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by Ada Lampert

An Assessment of Service Delivery Plans Submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Garcia, Mary Lou, "An Assessment of Service Delivery Plans Submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program" (2000). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 151.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/151

The paper begins by discussing issues related to poverty including the definition of poverty, the nature and causes of... more The paper begins by discussing issues related to poverty including the definition of poverty, the nature and causes of poverty, the effects of poverty, and the public perceptions about the poor. The discussion then focuses on recent changes to welfare legislation particularly those resulting from the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWOR A) of 1996. The paper then focuses on general issues related to program planning and then turns to a discussion of the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), a program designed to address the issue of poverty and administered by a state agency, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA). The conceptual framework for the research is developed from the requirements of the Service Delivery Plan (SDP) for CEAP, issued by TDHCA. Service delivery plans submitted for Fiscal Year 1999 and 2000 are analyzed to see if they conform to the requirements promulgated by the department. The methodology and results of the research are described in the latter half' of the paper. Results show that the majority of SDPs submitted to TDHCA for CEAP do not have all the required elements. Recommendations are, therefore, developed in response to the results.

From the Heart: An Employee Based Corporate Model of Social Responsibility

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Stewart, Patricia A., "From the Heart: An Employee Based Corporate Model of Social Responsibility" (1996). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 171.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/171

An Assessment of Factors Contributing to Environmental Racism: A Case Study of the East Austin Tank Farm

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Ortiz, Manuela A. , "An Assessment of Factors Contributing to Environmental Racism: A Case Study of the East Austin Tank Farm" (1995). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 134.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/134

The Paradoxical Perception of Midwifery in American Culture By Stacia Guzzo

by Feminism and Religion

Found at website of Feminism and Religion
Authored by Stacia Guzzo

This past Sunday night, midwife Robin Lim was named CNN Hero of the Year at a formal award ceremony in Los Angeles,... more This past Sunday night, midwife Robin Lim was named CNN Hero of the Year at a formal award ceremony in Los Angeles, California. The award, which was given after eleven weeks of public voting on CNN.com, came with $250,000 to support Lim’s quest to provide quality prenatal, labor, birth, and postpartum care for the poor and underserved in Indonesia.  She accepted the award amidst a standing ovation, and closed her words of acceptance by simply saying: “Every mother counts. And health care is a human right.” (Read on)

Color-Blind Racism: A Review of Whiteness Seen in White Savior Films

by Sydney Ware

This is a Literature Review about characteristics of whiteness seen in contemporary films today, which are considered... more This is a Literature Review about characteristics of whiteness seen in contemporary films today, which are considered to be called "White Savior Films." I discuss Color-Blind racism and how its the new form of invisible racism that we use today's society. I describe aspects of whiteness and how it effects our media, popular culture and Hollywood cinema. Films discussed is the review include; Avatar, City of Joy, Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers, The Blindside, The Soloist, Hard Ball, Gran Torino, and The Help.

Getting empowered through their empowerment: Experience of an Interactive Storytelling Project with Undocumented Children in Iran

by Setareh Masoumbeiki

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In November 2010, after observing a community school in South Tehran for over a year, we decided to develop a project... more In November 2010, after observing a community school in South Tehran for over a year, we decided to develop a project for the street, working and refugee children in order to enhance their thinking skills and eventually impact their school performance. We started our work with thirty girls and boys from 7 to 12 years old, and took two classes as our pilot study. Using basics of critical teaching and learning methodologies we mainly focused on girl-child education, seeking to create strong role-models for girls, as well as for boys.

Eventually, ten themes emerged from the stories that were told by children. All these stories were based on social issues that they face every day in the school, community and at home. By having the main goal as to create awareness for the reduction of gender disparity and social exclusion on one hand, and support social mobilization on the other hand, children’s stories were combined and ten stories were created.

Creatures in Captivity and Ethics

by Poppy Valentine

Prisons. Factory States. Low-Wage Workers. Child Sex Trade. Animal Abuse for: Clothing, Entertainment and Food. I... more Prisons. Factory States. Low-Wage Workers. Child Sex Trade. Animal Abuse for: Clothing, Entertainment and Food. I really could go on with other outlets of injust captivity, but this covers some major ones.

Sex-role attitudes, social comparison, and satisfaction with relationships

by Nico W. Van Yperen

Social comparison and the drive upward revisited: Affiliation as a response to marital stress

by Nico W. Van Yperen

Equity theory and exchange and communal orientation from a cross-national perspective

by Nico W. Van Yperen

Referential comparisons, relational comparisons, and exchange orientation: Their relation to marital satisfaction

by Nico W. Van Yperen

Equity, normative disapproval and extramarital relationships

by Nico W. Van Yperen

The psychology of voice and performance capabilities in masculine and feminine cultures and contexts.

by Nico W. Van Yperen

Performance‐based pay is fair, particularly when I perform better: differential fairness perceptions of allocators and recipients

by Nico W. Van Yperen

Occupy San Francisco Experience

by Robert Silva

It is about my time with the Occupy people it was endearing, it was life a party and realization life is a party, even on the streets we need to have fun

It is scathing indictment of neglect of the U.S Government for the denial of settlement and development and protection... more It is scathing indictment of neglect of the U.S Government for the denial of settlement and development and protection of property and enforcement of rights of these people it is really I told you so paper;

Read it Occupy the empty the houses and squat.

De Facto Segregation and Educational Achievement

by Carl L Bankston

Justice and Disability: What Kind of Theorizing Is Needed? Linda Barclay

by Brian Cooper

Journal of Social Philosophy

Volume 42, Issue 3, pages 273–287, Fall 2011

the social model is not uniquely placed to justify the changes needed to tackle persistent injustice. As will be... more the social model is not uniquely placed to justify the changes needed to tackle persistent injustice. As will be shown, this is both because the ability of the social model to justify social change is often exagger¬ated, and because the potential of other models of disability to justify social redress is usually underestimated. These mistaken beliefs about the potential of various models of disability to entail social justice claims are related to the more general tendency to get the relationship between characterizations of disability and social justice backwards. While it is widely assumed that the characterization of disability entails certain social justice claims, I will suggest that, to the contrary, assumptions about social justice often play a large role in determining whether any given characterization of disability is plausible. If our interest in understanding the nature of disability is motivated by concern to challenge persistent disadvantage, it may be more fruitful to concentrate directly on quite neglected issues of social justice and disability than on debates about the correct definition of disability. This requires at least a partial reorientation of theoretical debates in disability schol¬arship, and more active engagement by political theorists in considering injustice in the sphere of disability.1