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This book uses survey data in "hot spots" around the globe, to
analyse various models of social justice, particularly the
principle of equality, from a pragmatic perspective. Starting with
ordinary actors, social movements, and concrete contexts, the
authors question foundations of social and political democracy in
our times. They focus on how social actors deal with the principles
of justice and judgments of justice at work and in their social
lives. The book suggests that the increase in social inequalities
in recent decades contrasts with the blurring of the aims of social
justice. At a time when the reconsideration of politics largely
depends on its relevance to and aspirations for social justice, the
authors of this book question contemporary developments by
illustrating its variety, according to specific historical,
institutional, social and organizational contexts.The book will be
useful to students and scholars in the social sciences, especially
those interested in moral questions regarding social justice, from
an empirical and practical point of view.
This book uses survey data in "hot spots" around the globe, to
analyse various models of social justice, particularly the
principle of equality, from a pragmatic perspective. Starting with
ordinary actors, social movements, and concrete contexts, the
authors question foundations of social and political democracy in
our times. They focus on how social actors deal with the principles
of justice and judgments of justice at work and in their social
lives. The book suggests that the increase in social
inequalities in recent decades contrasts with the blurring of the
aims of social justice. At a time when the reconsideration of
politics largely depends on its relevance to and aspirations for
social justice, the authors of this book question contemporary
developments by illustrating its variety, according to
specific historical, institutional, social and organizational
contexts.The book will be useful to  students and
scholars in the social sciences, especially those interested in
moral questions regarding social justice, from an empirical and
practical point of view.
This book offers a novel examination of the relations,
actions, and practices of healthcare workers, analysed in terms of
collective mobilisation. Based on successive surveys
conducted over a twenty-year period in public and private
hospitals, it brings a rich new conceptualisation of both social
movements and care work. We’ve all witnessed the collective
mobilisation at play in hospitals during the Covid-19
pandemic. In such a structured, hierarchical environment, the
parallel with social movements highlights the ethical and
collective dimensions of care work, as well as the bonds of
solidarity and identification with the collective. Yet, healthcare
workers are often caught in a dilemma between fighting against
underfunding and deteriorating working conditions on the one hand,
and cooperating to keep the system standing and provide the best
care possible for patients on the other. The author's
approach in terms of consensual and conflictual mobilisations
brings a fresh theoretical and empirical contribution to the
literature on social movements, medical sociology, public health,
and the sociology of labour, whilst in-depth case studies bring to
light the experiences of healthcare workers and enrich the
narrative throughout.
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