The Latin American Debate: Dependent Capitalism, Superexploitation, and Revolution Latin America occupies a conflictive place within the universal discourse constructed by capitalist modernity. The region and its processes question and deny that universality, something that requires a way of thinking that can explain that negation. With that objective in mind, the author analyzes different moments […]
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Gregory Shank
Reflections on 40 Years of Social Justice The author examines the key themes that emerge over 40 years of publishing Social Justice, highlighting significant political and economic contexts. Social Justice history Citation: Social Justice Vol. 40, No. 3 (2013): 119-123
J. Gregg Robinson
Political Cynicism and the Foreclosure Crisis Growth in American political cynicism concerns both scholars and political commentators. This increased distrust in political institutions, many argue, has negatively affected our democracy in general and political participation in particular. Yet, the relationship between cynicism and political activism is more complex than many have claimed. The author examines […]
Ellen Reese
Defending Homes and Making Banks Pay: California’s Home Defenders League Using participant observation and in-depth interviews, this article explores efforts by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) to organize homeowners against foreclosures and unfair lending practices in Southern California. Through protest and advocacy, ACCE’s Home Defenders League has helped families facing foreclosure to […]
Ariane Prohaska and Bronwen Lichtenstein
Losing a Home to Mortgage Foreclosure: Temporary Setback or Chronic Stressor? The foreclosure crisis has been a stressful, life-changing event for millions of people. In this article, we use Pearlin’s (1989) theory of social stress to examine the levels, causes, and duration of foreclosure-related stress on 180 Alabama homeowners who either defaulted on a mortgage […]
Simón E. Weffer, Dari Sylvester, James Mullooly, Alex Leigh Parnell, Rafael Maravilla, and Nicholas Lau
The Impacts of Foreclosure on Collective Efficacy and Civic Engagement: Findings from Two Central California Communities How has the foreclosure crisis and the neighborhood instability it produces affected residents’ sense of collective efficacy and civic engagement? Using 127 semi-structured interviews in two Central San Joaquin Valley communities, South Merced and Planada, we examine residents’ perceptions […]
Christie D. Batson, Barbara G. Brents, Candace Griffith, and Robert Futrell
The Foreclosure Crisis and Neighborhood Sentiments: Learning from Las Vegas The economic crisis has brought new questions to our understanding of the relationship between urban disorder and residents’ connections to the neighborhoods in which they live. Our study examines neighborhood foreclosure rates with residents’ sentiments and evaluations of their neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, one […]
Vanesa Estrada Correa
Blueprint for the American Dream? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Presidential Remarks on Minority Homeownership This article examines presidential discourse on public policies affecting racial inequalities in homeownership from a critical race theory perspective. Using a critical discourse analysis framework to examine presidential remarks, press releases, and official reports, the author discusses how presidential discourse […]
Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., and Rubén O. Martinez
The Foreclosure Crisis, the American Dream, and Minority Households in the United States: A Descriptive Profile Our purpose in this article is to examine how the home mortgage foreclosure crisis in the US affected racial and ethnic minority householders. The article is divided into the following sections: a brief overview of the home mortgage foreclosure […]
Vol. 42-2: Beyond Mass Incarceration
BEYOND MASS INCARCERATION: CRISIS AND CRITIQUE IN NORTH AMERICAN PENAL SYSTEMS edited by Alessandro De Giorgi After decades of vertical increases in imprisonment rates, the US carceral system is in a state of structural crisis. A growing public awareness of the spiraling social and economic costs of this hypertrophic carceral machine seems to provide a […]
Vol. 42-1: Miscellaneous
TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstracts [free pdf download] Anatomy of a Done Deal: The Fight over the Iran Nuclear Accord Gregory Shank Absolutely Sovereign Victims: Rethinking the Victim Movement Ronnie Lippens “Putting Cruelty First”: Liberal Penal Reform and the Rise of the Carceral State Jason Vick Sweetheart Settlements, the Financial Crisis, and Impunity: A Case Study of […]
Vol. 41-4: Youth under Control: Punishment and Reform in the Neoliberal State
This special issue critically analyzes the social and penal policies aimed at young people in the United States, focusing in particular on the punitive role played by schools, juvenile courts, and community-based programs.
Vol. 41-3
This issue includes a special section on PENAL ABOLITION AND PRISON REFORM; plus articles on US militarism in Latin America, hackers and privacy, the Víctor Jara case, and grassroots peacemaking in El Salvador. TABLE OF CONTENTS Militarism and Its Discontents: Neoliberalism, Repression, and Resistance in Twenty-First-Century US–Latin American Relations Ginger Williams & Jennifer Leigh Disney “It […]
Special Issue: Bhopal and After: The Chemical Industry as Toxic Capitalism, Vol. 41-1/2
Published December 2014
Special issue: Latin America Revisited, Vol. 40-4
Edited by Edward McCaughan and Susanne Jonas. With articles by veteran observers and activists as well as up-and-coming scholars, this issue discusses the current state of Latin America, now two decades into the uneven transitions to democracy following an era of dictatorships and armed revolutionary conflicts. The issue’s first section analyzes the historical and ongoing […]
Special issue: Foreclosure Crisis in the United States, Vol. 40-3
Edited by Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., and Ellen Reese. This issue focuses on the various ways in which the real estate foreclosure crisis affected families and communities in the United States. The crisis, created by the contradictions of global financial capitalism, transformed many neighborhoods and communities into empty wastelands and was especially devastating to black and […]