Social Justice, Transitional Justice, and Political Transformation in South Africa

The application of social justice principles to global school psychology practice

“…North further describes two other spheres of entry into approaches to social justice. For example, some people approach social justice based on more macro-level considerations, such as large social movements in the United States including but not limited to women’s suffrage in the late 1800s and early 1900s and the civil rights movement in the 1960s or, for example, efforts towards racial conciliation in South Africa post-apartheid (Stacey, 2014). Others are more concerned with micro and/or school-level interactions, such as global efforts towards inclusion of students with disabilities in the mainstream curriculum (e.g., Daniels, 2010; Polat, 2011).…”

“…By contract, Palakkappillil (2014) also focuses on the impact of colonialism, by through the specific lens of Gandhi’s views of social justice and how these views impacted the formation and ongoing traditions in post-colonial India. Finally, Stacey (2014) describes social justice in post-apartheid South Africa through the lens of the need for both racial conciliation and the redistribution of resources and opportunities towards all having equitable access.…”