Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2015

Publication Title

Social Justice Research

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Volume

28

Issue

2

First page number:

207

Last page number:

228

Abstract

Due to pervasive inequalities and inequities in society, many people have a difficult time envisaging a just society, let alone how to go about actualizing such an aspiration. A critical reflection on the concept of a just society and the role that community psychologists and other advocates can play in upholding a critical social justice agenda in their research and civic engagement, particularly against neoliberalism and other systems of domination, is discussed. As part of a proffered framework, four tasks are proposed to fulfil the role: (1) raising public critical consciousness, (2) convincing people of the possibility of change, (3) creating a vision shared by the community, and (4) forging a political will from the shared vision. Accompanying strategies are provided in the discussion of each of the tasks of the suggested framework.

Keywords

Social justice; Neoliberalism; Political will; Collaboration; Civic engagement

Disciplines

Civic and Community Engagement | Community Psychology | Politics and Social Change

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Language

English

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