Gregory Shank, ed. Twenty-eight contributors offer short memoirs, reflections, or longer critiques that commemorate a quarter century of publishing Social Justice. They candidly assess what has been accomplished (or not) since 1974 in terms of a progressive agenda and suggest future directions. The essays reflect the geographical diversity that has characterized the journal’s contents from […]
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40th Anniversary Issue: Legacies of Radical Criminology in the US, Vol. 40:1-2
Legacies of Radical Criminology in the United States On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of our journal, we are proud to announce the release of a special issue examining the history and the future of radical criminology. Building upon an academic seminar on the legacy of the Berkeley School of Criminology, infamously shut down […]
Activist Scholarship: Possibilities and Constraints of Participatory Action Research, Vol. 36: 4, 2009
Shabnam Koirala-Azad and Emma Fuentes, eds. This issue of Social Justice reflects the research and voices of scholars who are concerned with issues of power and representation in academic scholarship. This work challenges existing hierarchies and power dynamics in social science research, creating new possibilities for research in the academy. Given the expansion of global […]
Applied Research and Social Justice, Vol. 30: 4, 2003
Laurie M. Joyner and Edward J. McCaughan, eds. This issue of Social Justice examines how social science research can contribute to the pursuit of social justice through its direct application to resolving concrete social problems, aiding organizing efforts, informing public policy, influencing legislation, or changing institutions. Purchase articles (click on the author link to read […]
Art, Identity, and Social Justice, Vol. 34: 1, 2007
Emmanuel David and Ed McCaughan, eds. This issue of Social Justice examines the role of various media–the visual arts, theater, and performance–in the social justice struggles of communities as diverse as American Indians, Bahamians, North American and Mexican feminists, working-class women in England, and LGBTQ communities of color in New York City and the San […]
Art, Power, and Social Change, Vol. 33: 2, 2006
Edward J. McCaughan and Emmanuel David, eds. This issue of Social Justice is the first of two on the topic, with both edited by Edward J. McCaughan and Emmanuel David. The essays explore many dimensions of the role of art in processes of social change. Some address the power of art as a voice of […]
Asian American and Pacific Islander Population Struggles for Social Justice, Vol. 35: 2, 2008
Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., and Shoon Lio This issue of Social Justice offers an overview of the struggle for social justice in the United States by Asian and Pacific Islanders, including the factors that shape oppositional consciousness and the possibility for collective action. Authors address Asian American activism in urban communities–particularly traditional Asian ethnic enclaves–around land […]
Attica: 1971–1991 — A Commemorative Issue (Vol. 18-3)
NOTE: OUT OF PRINT. DIGITAL EDITION ONLY. On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Attica rebellion, we are offering free access to a seminal interview with Michel Foucault following his visit to the prison (follow link in the table of contents below). Our classic 1991 commemorative issue, now available in digital format, provides a retrospective on the Attica rebellion, an assessment […]
Beyond National: Identities, Social Problems, and Movements, Vol. 26: 3, 1999
Ed McCaughan, ed. The articles in this issue attempt to add specificity and nuance to our understanding of the range of social processes implicit in the terms “globalization” and “transnationalism.” Globalization and, to a lesser extent, transnationalism are terms deployed with increasing frequency as shorthand for complex social processes that occur beyond national boundaries. Globalization […]
Beyond the Neoliberal Peace: From Conflict Resolution to Social Reconciliation, Vol. 25: 4, 1998
Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Susanne Jonas, eds. During the 1990s, the conventional approach to peacemaking in most of the countries torn by internal conflict and violence has been for powerful countries to establish a cease-fire between warring parties, followed by imposition of the dominant model of markets and electoral politics. This “neoliberal” approach is designed […]
Beyond Transnational Crime, Vol. 34: 2, 2007
Sharon Pickering and Jude McCulloch, eds. This issue of Social Justice seeks to lay a foundation for a transnational or global criminology that begins with critical understandings of the state, borders, and crime. Transnational crime and its countermeasures confront the traditional borders of crime control, national security, politics, and international relations and require close attention […]
Children and the Environment, Vol. 24: 3, 1997
Edited by Sandra Meucci and Michael Schwab This special issue is about involving children in environmental planning and urban change. Taking children seriously as self-determining social actors has led to increasing acceptance of children’s place in movements to shape the future. The term “environment” is used broadly to mean children’s rights, social welfare policy, how […]
Citizenship Surveillance of La Gente: Citizenship Theory, Practice, and Cultural Citizen Voices, Vol. 35: 1, 2008
Melissa Moreno, ed. In this issue of Social Justice, authors call for citizenship inclusion of young Latinas/os in schools and society, since they are a politically underrepresented emerging “majority” in California and other states. How should la gente (the people), Latina/o families and their community allies, contend with the power imbued in citizenship ideologies and […]
Community Accountability: Emerging Movements to Transform Violence, Vol. 37:4, 2010
Alisa Bierria, Mimi Kim, and Clasissa Rojas, eds. The editors of this issue offer unique advantages due to their experience with grassroots organizations, antiviolence activism within communities of color, and participants in debates about prisons and police responses to violence. Their feminist praxis as scholar/activists is reflected in the scope and breadth of this volume. […]
Criminal Justice & Globalization at the New Millennium, Vol. 27: 2, 2000
Robert P. Weiss, ed. Edited by Robert P. Weiss, this 300-page special millennium issue of Social Justice highlights the negative impact of neoliberal globalization on criminal justice, including escalating personal and business crime, growing corruption, heightened antiforeign sentiment and scapegoating that comes with labor migration, greater worker insecurity, and the expansion of a marginalized, contingent […]
Critical Resistance to the Prison-Industrial Complex, Vol. 27: 3, 2000
ISSUE OUT OF PRINT — DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE Rose Braz et al., eds. This special issue of Social Justice, edited by Critical Resistance, focuses on prison abolition as a goal and theme. The issue is broadly divided into system analyses and articles centering on organizing for change, that is, reports of struggles against the system […]