ABSTRACT
So far we have explored how people experience injustice, and how they are motivated to remedy injustices through opposition campaigns and calls for justice. We have seen how justice and fairness perceptions contribute to the acceptance of decisions and how better outcomes might be achieved. We have gained an understanding of individual and community perspectives of fairness and justice in resource sharing through the carrier case studies. The focus now broadens in scope to consider fairness and justice in resource sharing at a societal level, in addition to the individual and community level. Dilemmas of sharing between these three levels (society, community and individuals) create tension and conflict, such as when a decision is made for the overall benefit to society but is perceived at a local level as a burden and a harm to those individuals affected. A prominent example is the conflict over wind farms, described in Chapter 1, in which opposing positions have become entrenched and communities are split apart by the dispute. The difficulty in resolving these societal impasses demonstrates the importance of developing a thorough understanding of fairness and justice issues and their connections within and between these social levels.
