Building the good society : the power and limits of markets, democracy and freedom in an increasingly polarized world /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dumas, Lloyd J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Θέματα: Human rights.; Political science.; Sociology.; Economics > Sociological aspects.; Democracy > Economic aspects.; Democracy > Social aspects.; Political Science, Human Rights.

In many countries, society seems to be going off the rails. Economies are mired in widening and deepening inequality while the polity has deteriorated into a state of permanent hyper-partisan confrontation. Compromise and pragmatism seem a thing of the past. The central value of fairness has been ca...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Securing political freedom and sustainable democracy
• Chapter 2. The market system: achieving equity and material abundance
• Chapter 3. Attitudes: promoting progress or destroying dignity?
• Chapter 4. Institutions and organizations: constructing the social foundation
• Chapter 5. Limits and incentives: tools for an efficient, fair and responsible society
• Chapter 6. Democratic transitions: creating, protecting and sustaining the good society
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index.