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The Sense of Injustice [electronic resource] : Social Psychological Perspectives / edited by Robert G. Folger.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Critical Issues in Social JusticePublisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1984Edition: 1st ed. 1984Description: 294 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461326830
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 155 23
LOC classification:
  • BF698-698.9
  • BF697-697.5
Online resources:
Contents:
One: Forms of Justice -- 1. Emerging Issues in the Social Psychology of Justice -- 2. The Multidimensionality of Justice -- 3. Fairness and Effectiveness in Predmeditated Helping -- Two: Antecedents of Justice Concerns -- 4. Catalysts for Collective Violence: The Importance of a Psychological Approach -- 5. Relative Deprivation and Equity Theories: Felt Injustice and the Undeserved Benefits of Others -- 6. On the Apocryphal Nature of Inequity Distress -- Three: Arenas of Justice -- 7. Justice in the Political Arena -- 8. Legal Justice and the Psychology of Conflict Resolution.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: The importance of justice cannot be overstated. As one author has put it, "A better understanding of how justice concerns develop and function in people's lives should enable us to plan more effectively for institutional and other social change to deal with the problems that confront humankind" (S. C. Lerner, 1981, p. 466). The volume in which that statement appeared-an earlier one in this same series-was devoted to exploring the impact that dwindling resources and an increasing rate of change have had upon people's concern for justice. In contrast, the present volume places greater emphasis on the word under­ standing, as it was used in the context of the preceding quotation, than upon effective planning, social change, and ways of dealing with human problems. Nothing in that statement of purpose is meant to belittle the urgency of translat­ ing understanding into action, because the social significance of justice concerns is a major factor that has prompted the authors of the chapters in this book to do research in the area. Rather, this volume receives its emphasis from Kurt Lewin's famous dictum there is nothing so practical as a good theory. The need for good theory is ongoing, and these pages are dedicated to a search for new pathways toward better theory.
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One: Forms of Justice -- 1. Emerging Issues in the Social Psychology of Justice -- 2. The Multidimensionality of Justice -- 3. Fairness and Effectiveness in Predmeditated Helping -- Two: Antecedents of Justice Concerns -- 4. Catalysts for Collective Violence: The Importance of a Psychological Approach -- 5. Relative Deprivation and Equity Theories: Felt Injustice and the Undeserved Benefits of Others -- 6. On the Apocryphal Nature of Inequity Distress -- Three: Arenas of Justice -- 7. Justice in the Political Arena -- 8. Legal Justice and the Psychology of Conflict Resolution.

The importance of justice cannot be overstated. As one author has put it, "A better understanding of how justice concerns develop and function in people's lives should enable us to plan more effectively for institutional and other social change to deal with the problems that confront humankind" (S. C. Lerner, 1981, p. 466). The volume in which that statement appeared-an earlier one in this same series-was devoted to exploring the impact that dwindling resources and an increasing rate of change have had upon people's concern for justice. In contrast, the present volume places greater emphasis on the word under­ standing, as it was used in the context of the preceding quotation, than upon effective planning, social change, and ways of dealing with human problems. Nothing in that statement of purpose is meant to belittle the urgency of translat­ ing understanding into action, because the social significance of justice concerns is a major factor that has prompted the authors of the chapters in this book to do research in the area. Rather, this volume receives its emphasis from Kurt Lewin's famous dictum there is nothing so practical as a good theory. The need for good theory is ongoing, and these pages are dedicated to a search for new pathways toward better theory.

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