Walls and Bridges: Social Justice and Public Policy

Contents

Contents Preface vii One A Social Ethics Approach to Social Problems 1 Two The Crisis and Denial of Access in Education 21 Three Welfare, Poverty, and the Legitimization of Social Inequality 53 Four Sidewalk Stories: The Forgotten Homeless People 81 Five Medical Apartheid: The Unequal Distribution and Quality of Health Care 105 Six Crime and Prison: The Social Control of Deviance 131 Seven Social Ethics and Implications for Public Policy 157 Appendix Implications for Social Policy 169 References 173 Index 189 ...