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  2. Critical social work - Wikipedia

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    Critical social work is the application to social work of a critical theory perspective. Critical social work seeks to address social injustices, as opposed to focusing on individualized issues. Critical theories explain social problems as arising from various forms of oppression and injustice in globalized capitalist societies and forms of ...

  3. Anti-oppressive practice - Wikipedia

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    Anti-oppressive practice is an interdisciplinary approach primarily rooted within the practice of social work that focuses on ending socioeconomic oppression.It requires the practitioner to critically examine the power imbalance inherent in an organizational structure with regards to the larger sociocultural and political context in order to develop strategies for creating an egalitarian ...

  4. Social justice - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Concept in political philosophy For the early-20th-century periodical, see Social Justice (periodical). For the academic journal established in 1974, see Social Justice (journal). Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of ...

  5. Critical theory - Wikipedia

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    Critical social work is the application to social work of a critical theory perspective. Critical social work seeks to address social injustices, as opposed to focusing on individualized issues. Critical theories explain social problems as arising from various forms of oppression and injustice in globalized capitalist societies and forms of ...

  6. Social equity - Wikipedia

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    Social equity is concerned with justice and fairness of social policy based on the principle of substantive equality. [1] Since the 1960s, the concept of social equity has been used in a variety of institutional contexts, including education and public administration .

  7. Recognition justice - Wikipedia

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    Recognition justice is a theory of social justice that emphasizes the recognition of human dignity and of difference between subaltern groups and the dominant society. [1] [2] Social philosophers Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser point to a 21st-century shift in theories of justice away from distributive justice (which emphasises the elimination of economic inequalities) toward recognition justice ...

  8. Index of social and political philosophy articles - Wikipedia

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    Social alienation; Social Choice and Individual Values; Social conservatism; Social constructionism; Social contract; Social Darwinism; Social democracy; Social determinism; Social engineering (political science) Social exclusion; Social fascism; Social influence; Social Justice in the Liberal State; Social justice; Social liberalism; Social ...

  9. Social philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Social philosophy is the study and interpretation of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. [1] Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultural questions, and the development of novel theoretical frameworks, from social ontology to care ethics to cosmopolitan theories of democracy ...