Format:
1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
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34 colour illustrations
ISBN:
9781800644069
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9781800644076
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9781800644083
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9781800644090
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"This edited collection proposes a common good approach to development theory and practice. Rather than focusing on the outcomes or conditions of development, the contributors concentrate on the quality of development processes, suggesting that a common good dynamic is key in order to trigger development. Resulting from more than three years of research by an international group of over fifty scholars, the volume advocates for a modern understanding of the common good-rather than a theological or metaphysical good-in societies by emphasising the social practice of 'commoning' at its core. It suggests that the dynamic equilibrium of common goods in a society should be at the centre of development efforts. For this purpose, it develops a matrix of common good dynamics, accounting for how institutions, social norms and common practices interconnect by identifying five key drivers not only of development, but human development (agency, governance, justice, stability, humanity). Based on this matrix, the contributors suggest a possible metric for measuring the quality of these dynamics. The last section of the book highlights the possibilities enabled by this approach through a series of case studies. The concept of the common good has recently enjoyed a revival and inspired practitioners keen to look beyond the shortcomings of political and economic liberalism. This book builds on those efforts to think beyond the agenda of twentieth-century development policies, and will be of interest to those working in the fields of development, economics, sociology, philosophy and political science."--Publisher's website
Note:
Available through Open Book Publishers
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Mathias Nebel and Oscar Garza-Vázquez --PART I. A COMMON GOOD APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT. Introduction to Part I / Mathias Nebel, Oscar Garza-Vázquez and Clemens Sedmak ; 1. The Theoretical Framework: Common Goods and Systems of Common Goods / Mathias Nebel ; 2. From Theory to Practice: A Matrix of Common Good Dynamics / Mathias Nebel and Jorge Medina Delgadillo ; 3. Design and Reflection on the Metric of Common Dynamics / Oscar Garza-Vázquez and Viviana Ramírez -- PART II. DISCUSSING THE NORMATIVE ELEMENTS OF COMMON GOOD DYNAMICS. Introduction to Part I / Mathias Nebel, Oscar Garza-Vázquez and Clemens Sedmak ; 4. Collective Agency Freedom as the Engine of a Common Good Dynamic: A Conceptual Proposal for Measurement / Oscar Garza-Vázquez ; 5. The Systemic Outcome of Common Good Dynamics: Humanity / Clemens Sedmak ; 6. Governance, Commoning and the Unequal Terms of Recognition / Tom De Herdt and Denis Augustin Samnick ; 7. Organising Common Good Dynamics: Justice / Rodolfo De la Torre ; 8. Development and Stability / Flavio Comim -- PART III. CASE STUDIES AND APPLICATIONS. Introduction to Part I / Mathias Nebel, Oscar Garza-Vázquez and Clemens Sedmak ; 9. Do We Need a Common Good Approach to Development? / Helen Alford ; 10. Bangsamoro: A Case Study in Governing for the Common Good / Patrick Riordan S.J. ; 11. Assessing the Nexus of the Common Good: The Case of the Municipality of Atlixco, Mexico / Valente Tallabs and Mathias Nebel ; 12. Assessing the Transformative Impact of Love-Based Microsocial Communities: From Existential Peripheries into the Nexus of the Common Good / Simona Beretta -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800644045
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800644052
Language:
English
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