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Geography and Social Justice (Paperback)
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Geography and Social Justice (Paperback)
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Human geography - cultural, economic, political, and social - is
inherently concerned with social justice and injustice. So also are
the associated fields of urban and regional analysis and planning:
being born in one country, region or one part of a particular city
many, for example, be the single most important factor in an
individual's health, education, and longevity. It is clear that in
every nation, including present and former socialist societies,
wealth and privilege are unevenly divided. But would an equal
division of resources really be preferable from a moral point of
view? Is it even possible to propound universal prescriptions of
what is socially just? or to talk about universal rights in a world
in which different kinds of people (according to class, gender,
race, and religion) are treated so differently in different
places?
Such questions are far from simple. In this book David Smith, one
of the world's leading geographical thinkers, throws incisive light
upon them. He proceeds first by providing a critical and accessible
review of relevant issues in social and moral philosophy, in
particular the contrasting claims of different theories of social
justice, and the nature of rights and needs. He examines John
Rawls's proposition that inequality can be justified to the extent
that it benefits the worst-off; and he considers how far justice
may or should be seen as a process for equalization or of returning
to equality, in the face of persistent and widespread inequality.
The author then applied theoretical perspectives to case studies.
These are based on his own first-hand research, and cover racial
injustice in the American South, inequality under socialism and its
aftermath in eastern Europe, and the porspects for social justice
in post-apartheid South Africa. David Smith examines the plight of
those peoples who have no secure place or defined territory,
focussing on the conflicting claims of the Palestinians and the
Israelis. Finally he draws together elements of theory and
experience to present trenchantly argued conclusions on the justice
of market-led society, the ends of egalitarianism, and the
universality of just principles. By both precept and example he
shows the central contribution that geographers can make to the
understanding of social justice in a complex and rapidly changing
world.
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