Contemporary Inequalities and Social Justice in Canada

Social inequality is now recognized as the major political and policy challenge of our times. Stark income inequalities have been denounced as unjust not only by social movements such as Occupy Wall Street and Idle No More but also by mainstream economists, global policy networks, and international financial institutions.

Contemporary Inequalities and Social Justice in Canada examines the changing contours of inequality in Canada. In nine essays, leading scholars take on the question of inequality from positions that are typically relegated to the margins of contemporary economic and political debates. Approaching inequality from the perspectives of race, youth, precarious workers, Indigenous peoples, and the LGBT community, each essay stresses the uneven and selective application of social justice. Throughout, the essays emphasize different ways of thinking about and acting on contemporary social inequalities and insecurities.