From Critical Globalization Studies and Public Sociology to Global Crisis Studies and Global Justice Work: A Manifesto for Radical Social Change

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Foran
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Public Sociology ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Globalization Studies

Discourse analysis for social change: voice, agency and hope

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (267-268) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
Juan Eduardo Bonnin
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Collective Agency ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Multiple Voices ◽  
Explicit Bias ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Uncertain Future

Abstract The aim of this essay is to propose some key challenges and problems in the field of language in society. In the current context of global crisis, we have the opportunity to design a research agenda for an uncertain future from a dark present. But there is no reason why that agenda should also be uncertain and dark. An agenda thus established can start from three aspects that I explore in this article: the recognition and appreciation of multiple voices, organized and collective agency, and an unwavering and explicit bias for hope.

scholarly journals Narratives, connections and social change

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Squire
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Stylistic Elements ◽  
Rhetorical Tropes ◽  
Narrative Syntax

In this article, I suggest that narratives’ importance for social change may be understood by examining specific elements of narrative syntax — key rhetorical tropes within stories, and story genres. I argue that these stylistic elements generate social connections that themselves support and stimulate social change. I use Young’s (2006) theorisation of responsibility and global justice in terms of connection, to suggest how narratives may support or generate progressive social change. I then examine narrative tropes and genres of similarisation and familiarisation at work in narratives produced around the HIV pandemic, and the limits of those tropes and genres for supporting and catalysing social change.

Human Rights in Iran: The Ethnography of ‘Others’ and Global Political Theory

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christien Van Den Anker
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Diaspora Literature ◽  
Direct Relevance ◽  
Specific Country

Knowledge about the ‘other’ is one of the founding pillars for the development of global political theory. Although human rights are an important part of the moral and legal discourse on global governance, there is still a gap between these theories and detailed accounts of human rights violations and the context for resistance. This article examines the treatment of the ‘other’ in a specific country (Iran), and the oppression as Muslims of Iranians living abroad, in order to begin to fill this gap. More specifically, it is argued that anthropology, journalism and diaspora literature about Iran provide useful input for the field of global political theory on human rights, democratisation and global justice. This literature helps bring home the realities of human rights violations, contributes to a better understanding of injustice and ways of creating social change, and illuminates issues of universality and difference that are of direct relevance to global political theory.

scholarly journals Mobilising sociology of sport for social change beyond the pandemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Ramon Spaaij
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Public Sociology ◽  
Sociology Of Sport ◽  
De Re ◽  
Modest Contribution ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
Transformative Practice

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, conversations about how to build sport back better are becoming increasingly pronounced. The crisis both deepens inequities and creates opportunity as a new way to configure sport post-pandemic demands to be discovered. The challenge has been thrown down to sociologists to help reimagine and reshape the course of sport. What might such re-enchantment look like? And how might it help realise the sociology of sport’s untapped potential to advance impactful public sociology? This paper explores these questions with a particular focus on sociologists of sport as co-creators of, and actors in, social change. I discuss five issues that I see as being relevant for rethinking and reconfiguring sport beyond the pandemic: (1) reclaiming the ludic and pleasure; (2) rethinking sociality in sport; (3) social inequities and ‘sport for all’; (4) de-/re-centring power in sport for development; and (5) global interdependence and interconnectedness. The insights presented can hopefully make a modest contribution to our collective understanding of transformative practice in and through the sociology of sport in uncertain times.

Case III.5: Reflections on our Critical Service Learning Provision: Is it Critical or Are We Social Justice Dreamers?

2020 ◽  
pp. 299-314
Author(s):  
Sharon Hutchings ◽  
Andrea Lyons Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Public Sociology ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Social Justice Orientation ◽  
Not For Profit

In 2013 we ran a small but successful service learning pilot in the department of sociology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Immediately following the pilot, service learning was added to our BA Sociology, BA Criminology and MA Public Sociology provision as core modules. In brief, we argue our version of service learning sits within a social justice orientation, often referred to as critical service learning. Simply put, this involves students working in partnership with our not-for-profit community on social justice issues for the purpose of social change and mutual benefit for community partners and students. These are big claims. Whether the service learning we do at NTU genuinely extends beyond the dream of social justice is at the heart of this chapter....

scholarly journals Igualdad entre mujeres y hombres = Equality Between Women and Men

2019 ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
MariaCaterina La Barbera
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Substantive Equality ◽  
Formal Equality ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Formal Dimension

Resumen: Este artículo trata de la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres como principio fundamental del Estado de Derecho. Se ilustran aquí las tres dimensiones interconectadas de la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres contenidas en la Convención para la eliminación de toda forma de discriminación hacia las mujeres (CEDAW). La CEDAW no se limita a considerar la dimensión formal de la igualdad o igualdad en derechos. Apunta a la necesidad de abordar la dimensión material de la igualdad, o igualdad de hecho, e indica las acciones positivas necesarias para ello. La concepción de la igualdad contenida en la CEDAW apela a su dimensión transformativa, es decir, apunta a la eliminación de los estereotipos y las estructuras sociales que perjudican a las mujeres y aspira a transformar la sociedad en su conjunto en términos igualitarios. Siguiendo recomendaciones recientes del Comité CEDAW, se señala finalmente la necesidad de considerar las discriminaciones que sufren las mujeres como el resultado de la intersección de las estructuras de género con otros ejes de desigualdad interconectadas.Palabras clave: Igualdad formal, Igualdad de hecho, CEDAW, Igualdad transformativa, Interseccionalidad, cambio social, justicia global.Abstract: This article addresses equality between women and men as a fundamental principle of the Rule of Law. The three interconnected dimensions of equality between women and men that are contained in the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) are here illustrated. CEDAW does not restrain its focus to the formal dimension of equality or equality before the law. It points to the need to address the substantive dimension of equality, or equality de facto, and indicates the positive measures needed to this end. The conception of equality contained in the CEDAW appeals to the transformative dimension of equality, that is to say, it aims to eliminate stereotypes and social structures that harm women and to transform society as a whole in egalitarian terms. Following recent recommendations of CEDAW Committee, the need to consider women’s discrimination as the result of the intersection of gender structures with other interconnected axes of inequality is finally pointed out.Keywords: Formal equality, Substantive equality, CEDAW, Transformative equality, Intersectionality, social change, global justice.

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