Social Justice in a Multicultural Society

Experience from the UK

Bibliographic Data

ID12967390
AuthorsGary Craig (University of Hull, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume1
Issue1
Pages93-108
Publication date2007-03-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-4788 • E-ISSN: 1911-4788
PublisherBrock University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26522/ssj.v1i1.982
OpenAlexW2155600059
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

Social justice is a contested concept. For example, some on the left argue for equality of outcomes, those on the right for equality of opportunities, and there are differing emphases on the roles of state, market and individual in achieving a socially just society. These differences in emphasis are critical when it comes to examining the impact that public policy has on minority ethnic groups. Social justice should not be culture-blind any more than it can be gender-blind yet the overwhelming burden of evidence from the UK shows that public policy, despite the political rhetoric of fifty years of governments since large-scale immigration started, has failed to deliver social justice to Britain’s minorities. In terms of outcomes, in respect for and recognition of diversity and difference, in their treatment, and in the failure of governments to offer an effective voice to minorities, the latter continue to be marginalised in British social, economic and political life. This is not an argument for abandoning the project of multiculturalism, however, but for ensuring that it is framed within the values of social justice

Argument (complex analysis · Diversity (politics · Economic Justice · Ethnic group · Immigration · Multiculturalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social justice · Social policy · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies