Jane Deren
2000

This workbook explores basic human rights-including the rights to food
and to work, civil and political rights, the rights of children and
women, and the rights of refugees and immigrants-in the context of
Catholic Social Teaching. The materials come ready to use with limited
preparation. The pages are easy-to-duplicate for study group
participants and students. Each chapter includes interesting case
studies, interactive group activities, stimulating discussion topics
and reflections and prayers. Useful as an entire study unit-or the
materials can be easily integrated into other units.

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James E. Hug, S.J. (Editor)
1989

The debate about a national healthcare plan makes this book more
relevant than ever as we are faced with complex ethical issues
regarding the delivery and quality of medical care. The essays in the
book attempt to clarify the contemporary context of healthcare; to
contribute to the formation of the kind of courageous, life-giving
faith identity healthcare providers need; to raise some of the hard
questions that must be faced; to suggest processes for prayerful
discernment, and to point in some new, alternative directions for
healthcare in a changing nation.

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This is a new edition, revised and updated of one of our best selling
books. At a time when poverty is increasing, this modern classic
inspires us to understand and live out Catholic Social Teaching's
Option for the Poor. This book has six chapters about how to serve,
practically with compassion, for and with the poor. The chapters
include:

Challenging Our Church
Tracing the History
Clarifying the Issues
Grounding the Task

Applying the Option
Affecting Our Lives

This new edition also includes a talk by Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach,
Superior General of the Jesuits, on "Opting for the Poor." In addition
there are "Tithing of Time" suggestions and a Biblical Reading list.

A challenging book for all who care about justice and the poor.
Ideal for teachers, students, parish social action groups and
participants in social justice programs.
ISBN 0-934-255-22-9

Paperback: 64 pages

Published: 2004

Jo Marie Griesgraber and Bernhard G. Gunter (Editors)
1995

This collection presents practical, wholly feasible suggestions for reform of the international financial bodies and the United Nations aid and trade agencies. Beginning with Sir Hans W. SInger's historical assessment of the subject, the contributors to this volume seek to implement in policy and practice the results of their academic research. Norman Girvan addresses the underlying dynamics between borrowing countries and donors; Reginald Herbold Green sets attainable trajectories in reforming the global economic institutions; Katarina Tomasevski argues for the institutionalisation of Human Rights Impact Assessments and Lourdes Urdaneta-Ferran reviews statistics used and produced by the major international institutions.

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Jo Marie Griesgraber and Bernhard G. Gunter (Editors)
1996

In this volume Owondunni Teriba presents an African perspective of
the difficulties of structural adjustment and the humiliation of
African governments by donor agencies; C.P. Chandrasekhar offers a
sweeping critique of structural adjustment policy, proposing a detailed
alternative; Barend A. de Vries examines the history and results of the
World Bank's focus on poverty alleviation; Jacklyn Cock and E.C.
Webster argue that many development projects are flawed by neglect of
the social and environmental impacts and inadequate levels of public
participation; David Gillies examines the case for and against applying
political conditions to World Bank lending policies; and Daniel C.
Milder argues that the World Bank needs to support cross-class
coalition building as a central tenet of its reforms.

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Jo Marie Griesgraber and Bernhard G. Gunter (Editors)
1997

Focusing on the newest global financial institution, the World Trade
Organization (WTO), this volume provides and apt conclusion to the
Rethinking Bretton Woods series. Chakravarthi Raghavan provides
close-up insights into the negotiations preceding the creation the WTO
and leading up to the conclusion of the GATT Uruguay Round. Stephen
Sleigh analyzes the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement
and the WTO on workers in industrialized countries. Bernard D'Mello
exaimes structural adjustment in India, analyzing how the WTO works in
concert with the World Bank and IMF in managing the international trade
and payments mechanism. Tissa Balasuriya, OMI, describes Sri Lanka's
experiences with trade liberalizations, an analysis which carries a
forceful critique of structural adjustment programs and the growing
power of transnational corporations. Finally, John Cavanagh considers
whether labor, environmental and human rights considerations are
appropriate to the WTO and other trade instruments.

Maria Riley
1989

Changing social realities in recent history have contributed to
changing relationships between women and men, creating new patterns of
family life, adjusting the economic equation between men and women, and
enlarging women's expectations. These realities demand not only new
social attitudes and policies, but new social structures. They are
making new claims on traditional social systems - governments, schools,
families, churches, synagogues, social services and businesses.
Transforming Feminism is an invitation to engage in the dialogue
between feminist perspectives and Catholic social thought in the search
for a feminism that holds promise for true human liberations both in
the church and in society. It aims at developing a sound, feminist
revision of Catholic social thinking.

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