Global Agenda for Social Justice

President's Welcome

The members of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) are scholars who conduct cutting-edge research and, as activists and advocates, use that research to fight for a better, fairer world for all. The work done by members of the SSSP is needed now more than ever.

SSSP members are needed to identify and analyze, as well as offer solutions to, problems that are endemic across the globe. These problems include such as racism, sexism, criminal justice reform, immigration, refugee resettlement, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Asexual, and Intersex (LGBTQAI) equity, to name but a few. In addition, SSSP members also prioritize working on wealth inequality, as well as the looming existential crisis of climate change.

Each member of the SSSP is called upon, required really, to assist in creating and sustaining more equitable and just social orders. In Global Agenda for Social Justice 2, an impressive array of SSSP scholars do exactly that. They are the embodiment of what all SSSP members do each day in their lives-they offer identification and analysis of an array of problems but then take their responsibility and work a step further by offering a guide for how to actually solve these problems. Embedded in those solutions are the ingredients that, when taken together, will forge the fundamental and systemic change required to have a fairer, as well as a more just and equitable, world order.

It is those actions of incubating social change through data-driven research and advocacy that set the SSSP apart from other organizations. It is the foundation on which the organization is built, and it is that foundation on which Global Agenda on Social Justice 2 sits. I encourage each of you to follow the lead of the volume's authors and begin building a pathway to constructing and implementing workable solutions to our most pressing social problems. 

It is with a debt of gratitude for pushing each of us to continue in the storied tradition of scholar advocates and activists that I thank Glenn W. Muschert, as well as the other editors and all of the authors of Global Agenda for Social Justice 2. I thank them for continuing to push each of us to conduct quality research and advocate for changes that will lead to a more just and moral world.

Through the writings in Global Agenda for Social Justice 2, each of us is challenged to elevate the communication and ideals on which the SSSP was founded and continues to thrive. All involved in Global Agenda for Social Justice 2 are helping to redefine and shape both the narrative around and solutions to social problems; they do this by infusing their findings, ideas, and solutions into the policy press. 

Noreen M. Sugrue, The Latino Policy Forum and The Council of International Neonatal Nurses
SSSP President, 2021-2022

The Global Agenda for Social Justice 2 provides accessible insights into some of the world’s most pressing social problems and proposes practicable international public policy responses to those problems.

Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), chapters examine topics such as education, violence, discrimination, substance abuse, public health, and environment. The volume provides recommendations for action by governing officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues of social justice.

The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, advocates, journalists, and students interested in public sociology, the study of social problems, and the pursuit of social justice