57/ Social Structures And Institutions:
The Quest for Social Justice
18th June - 23rd June 2007
In the years since the Cold War ended, justice – in its distributive, juridical, and everyday life senses – has emerged as a major world issue. We propose a course to examine the quest for social justice in each of its multifaceted formations: as a problem in institutional design and/or procedure in post-socialist societies; as a structural problem determined by the opportunities for and barriers to social mobility; as a fundamental issue in the establishment of Euro-citizenship; and as a concern in the daily lives through identity dynamics and interpersonal relations. The papers and discussions in the course will range from the macrosocietal and mezzosocial to the microsociological levels – focusing on social justice, its modes, processes and realization. The course will encompass a broad range of research strategies.
Course Directors
Ognjen Caldarovic , University of Zareb
Garth Massey , University of Wyoming
Davorka Matic , University of Zagreb
Arthur J. Vidich , New School of Social Research
Course Lecturers
Nenad Fanuko , University of Rijeka
Vjeran Katunaric , University of Zagreb
Reinhard Kreckel , Universitat Salle-Halle
Georgy Lengel , University of Budapest-Etvas-Lorand
Vesna Pusic , University of Zagreb
Dusko Sekulic , University of Adelaide
Norman Stockman , University of Aberdeen
Working language
english