Policy Press

Theorising Justice

A Primer for Social Scientists

Edited by Johanna Ohlsson and Stephen Przybylinski

Published

Oct 25, 2023

Page count

308 pages

ISBN

978-1529232226

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 25, 2023

Page count

308 pages

ISBN

978-1529232233

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Theorising Justice
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Bringing together divergent approaches to justice theorising, this volume connects normative and philosophical theories with the more empirically focused approaches emerging today in the social and political sciences and policy scholarship. The chapters overview a variety of mainstream approaches and radical critiques of justice to illustrate their value in addressing the pressing problems of climate change and economic development.

Stressing the value of assessing justice theories in light of the material conditions of our changing world, the book concludes with an in-depth synthesis of how these wide ranging approaches to justice will be useful for students, scholars and practitioners concerned with realising justice.

Johanna Ohlsson is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in the Department of Human Rights and Democracy at University College Stockholm and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University.

Stephen Przybylinski is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University.

Introduction - Johanna Ohlsson and Stephen Przybylinski

Part I: Politico-philosophical and Normative Traditions of Justice

1. Liberal Theories of Justice - Stephen Przybylinski

2. Libertarian Theories of Justice - Darren McCauley and Corine Wood-Donnelly

3. Cosmopolitan Theories of Justice - Tracey Skillington

4. Feminist Theories of Justice - Don Mitchell

5. Radical Justice: Anarchism, Utopian Socialism, Marxism and Critical Theory - Don Mitchell and Johanna Ohlsson

6. Radical Justice Through Injustice: Postcolonial Approaches - Johanna Ohlsson and Don Mitchell

7. Indigenous Approaches to Justice - Stephen Przybylinski and Johanna Ohlsson

8. The Capabilities Approach - Stephen Przybylinski and Roman Sidortsov

Part II: Applied Justice Theories

Preface to Part II - Stephen Przybylinski and Johanna Ohlsson

9. Environmental Justice - Corrine Wood-Donnelly

10. Climate Justice - Tracey Skillington

11. Energy Justice - Roman Sidortsov and Darren McCauley

12. Spatial Justice - Stephen Przybylinski

13. Landscape Justice - Don Mitchell

14. Intergenerational Justice - Johanna Ohlsson and Tracey Skillington

15. Just Transitions - Darren McCauley

Conclusion - Johanna Ohlsson, Stephen Przybylinski and Don Mitchell,