UID:
almafu_9960118882102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781108618175
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1108618170
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9781108563970
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110856397X
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9781108344128
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1108344127
Inhalt:
At this time when many have lost hope amidst conflicts, terrorism, environmental destruction, economic inequality and the breakdown of democracy, this beautifully written book outlines how to rethink and reform our key institutions - markets, corporations, welfare policies, democratic processes and transnational governance - to create better societies based on core principles of human dignity, sustainability, and justice. This new vision is based on the findings of over 300 social scientists involved in the collaborative, interdisciplinary International Panel on Social Progress. Relying on state-of-the-art scholarship, these social scientists reviewed the desirability and possibility of all relevant forms of long-term social change, explored current challenges, and synthesized their knowledge on the principles, possibilities, and methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Their common finding is that a better society is indeed possible, its contours can be broadly described, and all we need is to gather forces toward realizing this vision.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Sep 2018).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Future is in Our Hands -- What is Social Progress? -- False Ideas and Common Mistakes -- Narrative -- Part I Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope -- 1 Global Successes and Looming Catastrophes -- Global Successes -- Alarming Trends and Patterns -- Feedback Effects and Monsters Around the Corner -- 2 Globalization and Technology: Choices and Contingencies -- Disruptive Trends -- The Janus Faces of Globalization and Technology -- Two Tales of Inequality -- What Follows: From Reflection to Action -- 3 The Expanding Circle of Respect and Dignity -- Our Changing Perception of Nature -- State, Market, and Civil Society -- Equality, Inequality, and Difference -- Looking at the Future -- 4 The Big Challenge -- The Apartheid Scenario -- The "End-of-History" Scenario -- The Authoritarian Scenario -- Trends and Opportunities -- Part II Acting for Social Progress -- 5 In Search of a New "Third Way" -- Socialism and Property -- Third Ways -- Not Just a Matter of Resources -- Job Strain in Europe, Deaths in the USA -- Voices of the Poor -- Competition versus Cooperation -- The Web of Social Interactions -- Promoting Social Justice -- 6 Reforming Capitalism -- Reforming the Governance and Purpose of the Corporation -- Corporate Capitalism, Power, and Threats to Democracy -- Marketization and Financialization: Unexpected Bedfellows -- 7 From the Welfare State to the Emancipating State -- The Welfare State Under Pressure -- Real Challenges -- Is Welfare Only for the Rich? -- Rethinking the Welfare State -- The Emancipating State: Features and Challenges -- 8 From Polaritics to Politics -- Social Progress and Political Progress -- Getting Money Out of Politics? -- Representation, Participation, Deliberation.
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The Fourth Power -- What About Reforming the Electoral System? -- Conclusion: Mobilizing Change-Makers -- Who Rules the World? -- Two Additional Reasons to Go Grassroots -- Think Global -- Five Ideas that Can Change Your Life - and the World -- 1. Bring Change Through Your Family -- 2. Bring Change Through Your Work -- 3. Bring Change Through Your Consumption and Savings Choices -- 4. Bring Change to Your Community -- 5. Be a Torch-Bearer -- Be an Active Citizen -- Be Open and Adaptive -- Appendix: Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress - Table of Contents -- References -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108440929
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1108440924
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108424783
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1108424783
Sprache:
Englisch
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