Building Better Societies
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Building Better Societies
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Author : Rowland Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2017-05-31
Building Better Societies written by Rowland Atkinson and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-31 with Social Science categories.
What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. This book offers a wide range of expert contributors outlining what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society. The book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. It argues that social scientists need to cast aside their commitment to the established order and its ideological support systems, look ahead at the likely outcomes of various interventions and move to the forefront of informed political debate. Providing practical steps and policy programmes, this is ideal for academics and students across a wide range of social science fields and those interested in social inequality.
Social Enterprise In The Construction Industry
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Author : Martin Loosemore
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-27
Social Enterprise In The Construction Industry written by Martin Loosemore and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Through the emerging lens of social enterprise, this book examines how the global construction industry can engage more effectively with the communities in which it builds, addressing disadvantage and environmental degradation to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Combining insights from leading research and real-life case studies of social enterprise in the construction sector, the result is a practical framework which will help social enterprises, clients, consultants and construction firms work collectively to build a thriving social enterprise sector. Readers of this timely book will learn to embrace social enterprise and an important new sector in the global construction industry. They will learn to see community involvement as an opportunity rather than a risk, and fully understand the broader role they can play in building a fairer and more sustainable society.
Building Better Families
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Author : Matthew Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2008-02-26
Building Better Families written by Matthew Kelly and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-26 with Self-Help categories.
For more than a decade, Matthew Kelly has been traveling the world inspiring people to become the-best-version-of-themselves. During this time he has been amazed at how regularly he is asked: How do I encourage my children to embrace this message? How does your message apply to a family? Now, for the first time, Kelly shares with us remarkable insights and sensible everyday strategies for transforming the family into what it should be: a place where each of us can become the-best-version-of-ourselves. Beginning with an exploration of the changing face of the family in our culture, Kelly sets every reader at ease by explaining: “A family is not what we think a family should be, or what we hope to have, or should have, or what would be ideal–a family is what we actually have. A family is the one we’ve got.” Nor can a family ever be perfect, he goes on to explain. “Perfect families exist only in our minds, and it is these imaginings that are very often the enemy of our ability to enjoy the wonderful family we already have, or might have if we made it just that little bit more of a priority.” In Building Better Families, Kelly explores important issues by raising evocative questions: What makes a successful parent? Do you realize that your children are in the middle of a cultural war? What are the five things children really need? Are you asking your children the right questions? What are you teaching your children about work, money, food, exercise, body image, and sex? What are the priorities of your family culture? Every page of this book is filled with examples that can be applied to your daily experience of parenting and family, while at the same time illuminating the broader and deeper significance of family for society and the future of humanity. “The family is at once a deeply personal experience and the cornerstone of all great societies,” Matthew Kelly tells us. Allow this book of classic wisdom and practical insight to help you build a better family. From the Hardcover edition.
Building Better Societies
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Author : Rowland Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2017-05-31
Building Better Societies written by Rowland Atkinson and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-31 with Social Science categories.
What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. This book offers a wide range of expert contributors outlining what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society. The book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. It argues that social scientists need to cast aside their commitment to the established order and its ideological support systems, look ahead at the likely outcomes of various interventions and move to the forefront of informed political debate. Providing practical steps and policy programmes, this is ideal for academics and students across a wide range of social science fields and those interested in social inequality.
Building A Sustainable And Desirable Economy In Society In Nature
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Author : Peter Victor
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2013-12-03
Building A Sustainable And Desirable Economy In Society In Nature written by Peter Victor and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-03 with Science categories.
The world has changed dramatically. We no longer live in a world relatively empty of humans and their artifacts. We now live in the “Anthropocene,” era in a full world where humans are dramatically altering our ecological life-support system. Our traditional economic concepts and models were developed in an empty world. If we are to create sustainable prosperity, if we seek “improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities,” we are going to need a new vision of the economy and its relationship to the rest of the world that is better adapted to the new conditions we face. We are going to need an economics that respects planetary boundaries, that recognizes the dependence of human well-being on social relations and fairness, and that recognizes that the ultimate goal is real, sustainable human well-being, not merely growth of material consumption. This new economics recognizes that the economy is embedded in a society and culture that are themselves embedded in an ecological life-support system, and that the economy cannot grow forever on this finite planet. In this report, we discuss the need to focus more directly on the goal of sustainable human well-being rather than merely GDP growth. This includes protecting and restoring nature, achieving social and intergenerational fairness (including poverty alleviation), stabilizing population, and recognizing the significant nonmarket contributions to human well-being from natural and social capital. To do this, we need to develop better measures of progress that go well beyond GDP and begin to measure human well-being and its sustainability more directly.
Building Better Societies
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Author : Rowland Atkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Building Better Societies written by Rowland Atkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with SOCIAL SCIENCE categories.
This book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. A wide range of expert contributors outline what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society.
Rethinking Poverty
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Author : Barry Knight
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2017-08-30
Rethinking Poverty written by Barry Knight and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-30 with Political Science categories.
This book calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing austerity, under-resourced organisations and a lack of social solidarity. Based on a research programme by the Webb Memorial Trust, a key theme is power which shows that the way forward is to increase people’s sense of agency in building the society that they want.
Building A Better Society
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Author : Colum Giles
language : en
Publisher: Historic England
Release Date : 2015-04-01
Building A Better Society written by Colum Giles and has been published by Historic England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Architecture categories.
Liverpool's landscape, both in the city centre and throughout its historic suburbs, is studded with institutional buildings, some - like the great hospitals - very prominent, others - like Sunday Schools and chapels - punctuating ordinary street scenes. All, however, tell the story of how charity and public authorities responded to the desperate need of the poor and vulnerable in the 19th century. Attractively illustrated by photographs and drawings, this book emphasises the importance of institutional buildings to our understanding of Liverpool's character and demonstrates how new uses can be found to ensure that they continue to form part of the city's historic environment.
Building Better Societies
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Author : Rowland Atkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Building Better Societies written by Rowland Atkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with SOCIAL SCIENCE categories.
This book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. A wide range of expert contributors outline what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society.
Building Something Better
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Author : Stephanie A. Malin
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2022-04-15
Building Something Better written by Stephanie A. Malin and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-15 with Social Science categories.
As the turmoil of interlinked crises unfolds across the world—from climate change to growing inequality to the rise of authoritarian governments—social scientists examine what is happening and why. Can communities devise alternatives to the systems that are doing so much harm to the planet and people? Sociologists Stephanie A. Malin and Meghan Elizbeth Kallman offer a clear, accessible volume that demonstrates the ways that communities adapt in the face of crises and explains that sociology can help us understand how and why they do this challenging work. Tackling neoliberalism head-on, these communities are making big changes by crafting distributive and regenerative systems that depart from capitalist approaches. The vivid case studies presented range from activist water protectors to hemp farmers to renewable energy cooperatives led by Indigenous peoples and nations. Alongside these studies, Malin and Kallman present incisive critiques of colonialism, extractive capitalism, and neoliberalism, while demonstrating how sociology’s own disciplinary traditions have been complicit with those ideologies—and must expand beyond them. Showing that it is possible to challenge social inequality and environmental degradation by refusing to continue business-as-usual, Building Something Better offers both a call to action and a dose of hope in a time of crises.