Social Justice
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Beyond SheltersSolutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines |
This book offers essays by experienced shelter managers who address the future of the homeless shelter in Canada. This diverse collection includes contributions by leaders in the homelessness … | 256 | View | ||
 Black CopMy 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism |
Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians … | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 272 | 2019 | View |
 Pursuing Justice Second EditionAn Introduction to Justice Studies |
Pursuing justice is daunting. It plays out in a variety of contexts — like the environment, employment, the criminal justice system — and raises tough issues like racism, gender … | Margot A. Hurlbert | 474 | 2018 | View |
 Someone To Talk ToCare and Control of the Homeless |
Someone To Talk To is an empassioned account of life on the mean streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Homeless and near-homeless persons recount in agonizing detail their experiences … | Tom C. Allen | 135 | 2000 | View |
 NEW! The University and Social JusticeStruggles Across the Globe |
Higher education has long been contested terrain. From student movements to staff unions, the fight for accessible, critical, and quality public education has turned university campuses globally … | Aziz Choudry; Vally Salim | 272 | 2020 | View |
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From  NEW! A Foundation for the Social Work ProfessionFrom: Africentric Social Work |
The editors of the volume discuss their experiences in academia, the Eurocentric model of social work, and anti-black racism. | David Este; Delores V. Mullings; Jennifer Clarke; Sulaimon Giwa; Wanda Thomas Bernard | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From Black ConsciousnessFrom: Black Cop |
A brief overview of Calvin’s early life growing up in Yarmouth, N.S. Details his early experiences with racism and the 1960s black community in Nova Scotia. | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
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From Defining Justice |
Objectives Studying Justice Rules for the Study of Justice The Interdisciplinary Nature of the Study of Justice Multiple and Changing Definitions of Justice So How Does the Law Fit into the Study … | Margot A. Hurlbert | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Someone To Talk To |
- | Tom C. Allen | 3 | 2000 | $0.30 Add |
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From IntroductionThe Shelterscape in Canada From: Beyond Shelters |
Provides a short history of the homeless shelter sector’s development followed by a description of its current size, shape, and orientations in Canada. Analyzes how homeless shelters have … | 14 | $1.40 Add | ||
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From NEW! Lessons in Struggle, Studies in Resistance |
- | Aziz Choudry; Vally Salim | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From Boxing LifeFrom: Black Cop |
Calvin details his experiences as an amateur boxer. | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From Homelessness and the Welfare StateThe Welfare State in Historical Perspective From: Someone To Talk To |
- | Tom C. Allen | 16 | 2000 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! In Our Own WordsThis Is the Beginning From: Africentric Social Work |
In this chapter, all five editors are engaged in a conversation about their social locations, motivations, and the impact of their scholarship in social work education and practice. | David Este; Delores V. Mullings; Jennifer Clarke; Sulaimon Giwa; Wanda Thomas Bernard | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From Shelters and Housing FirstFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes how Dr. Sam Tsemberis ascertained through his work and research at the famed Bellevue Hospital that chronically homeless people could be stably housed with improved quality of life … | 29 | $2.90 Add | ||
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From NEW! The Trajectory of the 2010 Student Movement in the UKFrom Student Activism to Strikes |
- | Jamie Woodcock | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
