Power, Race, and Justice: The Restorative Dialogue We Will Not Have

Power abuse has become the new norm, driving persistent inequalities, racism, and human rights violations. This timely book challenges current thinking and provides a normative and practical framework for revealing and challenging power structures. It uses empirical data and normative analysis to prevent power abuse and harm at inter-personal, inter-community, and international levels. The book is enriched with case studies written by survivors, practitioners, and those with direct experiences of power abuse and inequality. It offers new lenses to view power, race, and justice in a modern reality and creates a new philosophical framework for restorative punishment.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 29 September 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In a world where power abuse has become the norm, driving persistent inequalities, racism, and human rights violations, the COVID-19 socio-economic consequences have echoes of World War II. This timely book challenges current thinking and provides a much-needed normative and practical framework for revealing and challenging the power structures that feed our subconscious feelings of despair and defeatism.

Structured around the four concepts of power, race, justice, and restorative justice, the book employs empirical new data and normative analysis to reconstruct the way we prevent power abuse and harm at the inter-personal, inter-community, and international levels. It offers new lenses that enable us to view power, race, and justice in a modern reality where communities have been silenced but are gaining voice through restorative justice.

Enriched with case studies written by survivors, practitioners, and those with direct experiences of power abuse and inequality, the book employs robust research methodologies to reveal new forms of slavery and create a new philosophical framework for restorative punishment through the acknowledgment of pain and the use of catharsis for internal transformation and individual empowerment.

This powerful and timely book generates much-needed hope. Through a multi-disciplinary dialogue that incorporates philosophy, critical theory, social sciences, criminology, law, psychology, and human rights, the book opens new avenues for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers internationally.

Weight: 490g
Dimension: 197 x 288 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032047638