Social Justice and Social Work

What kind of social justice does social work seek?

Before considering conceptions of social justice, it is important to understand why it matters, since this is a matter of opinion rather than fact (Donnison, 1991). There is perhaps little, if any, doubt about the significance of this question among people in poor countries. They have become accustomed to facing the prospect of destitution, violence and death. Even in an affluent country like A...

SOcIAL wORK In THEORy AnD pRAcTIcE Of RESTORATIvE juSTIcE

The honour of becoming guest editors of this journal is closely connected with collaborating in a European action research project. The EU-funded project “Restorative Justice at post-sentencing level; supporting and protecting victims” was carried out in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and in several partner countries, among them Croatia, between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2014. The lead pa...

Social Justice in Social Policy

It is claimed that social justice is firmly on the political agenda and is a major concern of numerous policy documents, think tanks and research units. However, ̳social justice‘ can be seen as a poorly defined ̳motherhood and apple pie‘ term. Virtually everyone is in favour of ̳social justice‘ but their interpretations of the term vary widely (there are many different varieties of apple!). We ...

Teaching for social justice and social action.

Social justice education involves promoting critical awareness of social inequalities and developing skills that work against these inequalities. This article describes a general theoretical framework for social justice education, describes general strategies for facilitating students' social justice awareness and engagement, identifies challenges to social education, and highlights articles in...

Social Justice Through Civil Justice