Building better societies : promoting social justice in a world falling apart / edited by Rowland Atkinson, Lisa Mckenzie and Simon Winlow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atkinson, Rowland, editor.

Mckenzie, Lisa, editor.

Winlow, Simon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems--21st century.

Social problems.

Physical Description:

vi, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

What would it take to make society better? This book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. Building better societies 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, provide practical steps and policy programmes, and move to the forefront of informed political debate. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Who would not be for society? / Rowland Atkinson Atkinson, Rowland, Lisa Mckenzie Mckenzie, Lisa, Simon Wintow Wintow, Simon 1

Part 1 Problems 13

2 The social question and the urgency of care / Jain Wilkinson Wilkinson, Jain 15

3 Better politics: Narratives of indignation and the possibility of a prosocial politics / Keith Jacobs Jacobs, Keith 27

4 Valuing and strengthening community / Lisa Mckenzie Mckenzie, Lisa 39

Part 2 Ideas 53

5 Confronting the roots of violent behaviour / Anthony Ellis Ellis, Anthony 55

6 In defence of the public city / Martin Coward Coward, Martin 67

7 Artfully thinking the prosocial / Deborah Warr Warr, Deborah, Gretel Taylor Taylor, Gretel, Richard Williams Williams, Richard 81

8 Re-visioning exclusion in local communities / Kate Pahl Pahl, Kate, Paul Ward Ward, Paul 95

9 Putting 'the social' back into social policy / Steve Corbett Corbett, Steve, Alan Walker Walker, Alan 111

Part 3 Futures 125

10 Progress through protest / Samuel Burgum Burgum, Samuel 127

11 Cities, crises and the future / Sophie Body-Gendrot Body-Gendrot, Sophie 141

12 Policy steps towards a better social future / Michael Orton Orton, Michael 155

13 The (in)visibility of riches, urban life and exclusion / Rowland Atkinson Atkinson, Rowland 165

14 The uses of catastrophism / Simon Winlow Winlow, Simon 179

Conclusion 193

15 Thinking prosocially / Rowland Atkinson Atkinson, Rowland, Simon Winlow Winlow, Simon, Lisa Mckenzie Mckenzie, Lisa 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447332039

1447332032

9781447332022

1447332024

OCLC:

990020518