Leadership and Global Justice - (Jepson Studies in Leadership) by D Hicks & T Williamson (Paperback)
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Highlights
- What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there?
- About the Author: Douglas A. Hicks is professor of Leadership Studies and Religion in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.
- 211 Pages
- Political Science, Political Process
- Series Name: Jepson Studies in Leadership
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About the Book
What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors to "Leadership and Global Justice" confront the conceptual and practical challenges associated with applying the concept of justice beyond national boundaries. Essays analyze the roles and responsibilities of institutions states, corporations, international financial institutions, UN bodies, nongovernmental organizations in making collaborative progress towards international justice. They explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice, including human rights, capabilities, and solidarity of people across boundaries. "
Book Synopsis
What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice.Review Quotes
'This is a fine collection of contributors and essays on interrelated dimensions of global justice. In the Introduction, editors Hicks and Williamson pose all the right questions for justice leadership. Then, over eleven solid chapters, the authors effectively engage an interdisciplinary conversation that works. The editors finish the conversation with the key challenges facing leadership for global justice.' - Larry Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
About the Author
Douglas A. Hicks is professor of Leadership Studies and Religion in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. He is author of four books and editor of four additional volumes. Hicks recently published Money Enough: Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy (2010) and With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America (2009). He is editor, with Mark Valeri, of Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today's Economy (2008).
