Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- Table of Contents -- EDITORIAL FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK -- Part One: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE -- ONE Barriers to Truth Concerning Social Justice: Towards an Understanding of the Challenging Quest for Social Justice -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental Guiding Assumptions -- 3. "Moats in Our Eyes:" Barriers Keep Us from Truth -- 4. Perspective: From What Angle Is Your View? -- 5. Persistence: Have You Checked Your "Truth" Lately -- 6. Proximity: Closeness and Concern -- 7. Peculiarity: The Need to Conform -- 8. The Solomon Asch Studies -- 9. The Stanley Milgram Studies -- 10. Programming Potential -- 11. Perfection: How Our Lack of It Impedes Our Search -- 12. Creating a Common Vision: a Win-Win Scenario -- 13. Conclusion -- TWO The Limits of Western Democracy: Ethnic Politics and its Constraints for Social Justice in Post-colonial Polyethnic Societies? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Colonial Pre-Independence Period (1835-1950) -- 3. Ethnic Division of Labor Force -- 4. The Indentured Contract Altered Character of Colony -- 5. The Impact of Ethnic Division on Democracy -- 6. Possible Way Forward: Mauritius Points the Way -- THREE Imaginary Leaders: Resolving the Anonymity Problem for Modern Social Activism? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Media Evolution and Activism -- 3. Credibility and Public Discourse -- 4. Constructing Credibility in a Text -- 5. "We are all Khalid Said" -- 6. Conclusion -- FOUR International Perspectives on Social Justice -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Justice: A Framework from Social Psychology -- 3. Major Historical Injustices -- 4. Views on Social Justice from a 43-Nation Study -- 5. Realism and Post-realism in International Relations -- 6. Emerging Cultural Influences on Social Justice.

7. What Makes Cultural Views Influential? -- 8. Justice: Abstract or Concrete -- 9. Personal Experiences of Disparate Cultural Views -- 10. Conclusions: Value of Cultural Exploration -- Annotated Bibliography: Suggestions for Reading -- FIVE Murder on the Bayou: The Demand for Social Justice Following the Death of José Campos Torres -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Important Background -- 3. How to Examine Torres' Fate -- 4. Impact of the Torres Case (Locally and Nationally) -- 5. Moving Beyond the Wounds -- 6. To Change a Nation -- Part Two: TEA CHING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE -- SIX Sociocentric Social Justice: Moving From "I'm Right" to "We're Connected" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Milton J. Bennett's Development Continuum -- 3. The Continuum - Explored -- 4. The Difficult Part - Assisting Student Development -- 5. Linking Our Assignments to Stages in the Model -- 6. Conclusion -- SEVEN Navigating New Worlds of Social Justice in Teacher Education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Justice: The Assignment -- 3. Tornado Disrupts My World -- 4. We're Not in Kansas Anymore -- 5. Lions and Tigers and Bears-Oh My! -- 6. Aftermath of the Attack -- 7. A Foe Unveiled -- 8. I Will Not Click My Ruby Slippers -- 9. Conclusion by Karon LeCompte -- 10. Social Justice Teaching Resources -- EIGHT Social Justice and Evidence-Based Assessment With the Learning Record -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Institutions and Cultural Values -- 3. An Alternative to This Madness Does Exist -- 4. The Learning Record -- A. An Empirical Method -- B. One Rule -- C. The Structure of the Learning Record -- 5. Collaborative, Public, Open Assessment -- 6. Conclusion -- NINE Bearing the Burden: Will the Elite be America's Only College Educated? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Is There Justice in the Financial System? -- 3. Is There Still a Middle-Class in America?.

4. Is There Still a Place for the Middle-Class Student? -- 5. Is There Myopia in the American Middle-Class? -- TEN Developing an Understanding of Best Practices for Teaching Undergraduate Students about Poverty -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Justice: The Assignment -- 3. Review of Relevant Literature in Teaching Poverty -- 4. Programs and Approaches to Poverty Education -- 5. Washington and Lee's Shepherd Program -- 6. Baylor University Interdisciplinary Poverty Initiative -- 7. Rice University Program in Poverty -- 8. University of California at Berkeley -- 9. Pedagogical Approaches, Experience Learning -- 10. Poverty Survey and Simulation Study -- 11. Literature on Impact of Simulations on Attitudes -- 12. Niagara University Poverty Survey -- 13. Data Analysis, Results & Discussion -- 14. Discussion and Conclusion -- Part Three: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE -- ELEVEN Social Justice and the Integration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worldviews in Australian Social Work Practice and Education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Who are Indigenous Australians? -- 3. The Colonization of Australia -- 4. The Stolen Generation -- 5. Saying Sorry -- 6. Social Justice and Australian Social Work -- 7. Acknowledging the Privilege of Whiteness -- 8. Aboriginal Elders and Social Workers Share Stories -- 9. Developing, Teaching and Applying Knowledge -- 10. Conclusion: A Shared Responsibility -- TWELVE Can GMO Solve World Hunger? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of Literature -- 3. Discussion and Conclusion -- THIRTEEN Reconceptualizing the Story of U.S. Cultural Adaptation? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mainstream Social Scientific Scholarship -- 3. Social Scientific Theorizing -- 4. Filling the Critical Scholarship Gap -- 5. Conclusion -- FOURTEEN Poverty, Immigration and Latinos in U.S. Texas Colonias -- 1. Introduction.

2. Poverty, Immigration and the Unbanked -- 3. Financial Access -- 4. The Built Environment -- 5. Texas Colonias -- 6. Colonias in Texas - The Built Environment -- 7. Colonias- The Unbanked -- 8. A Successful Experiment: Serving the Excluded -- 9. Conclusions and Recommendations -- FIFTEEN Victory in the Fields: César Chavez's Quest for Dignity and Social Justice for Farm Workers Through Non- Violence and Spiritual Power -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Crucial Background -- 3. Harsh Conditions of Life -- 4. Moving Up -- 5. The March & Beyond -- 6. Conclusion -- CONCLUSION TO THE WORK -- WORKS CITED -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX.