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Thinking collectively : social policy, collective action and the common good / Paul Spicker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spicker, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social policy.
- Collectivism.
- Common good.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 180 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Part I Collectivism p. 1
- 1 Substantive collectivism: collectivism in practice p. 3
- Social behaviour p. 3
- Social groups p. 6
- Collective action p. 12
- Society p. 18
- Collectivism: some initial reflections on policy p. 20
- 2 Methodological collectivism: social science and social policy p. 23
- Understanding behaviour collectively p. 23
- Methodological collectivism in practice p. 30
- 3 Moral collectivism p. 37
- The morality of collective action p. 37
- Groups as moral actors p. 40
- Reconciling moral collectivism with moral individualism p. 49
- 4 The individual and the collective p. 57
- Individual and group interests p. 60
- The many and the few p. 64
- Protecting individuals within collective structures p. 68
- The individual and the collective: moral perspectives p. 70
- 5 Community p. 75
- The nature of a community p. 75
- Patterns of community p. 79
- Solidarity in communities p. 84
- Social inclusion p. 86
- The political community p. 88
- Part II Collective action for the common good p. 93
- 6 Government and collective action p. 95
- The nature of government p. 95
- Government as collective action p. 101
- Government and civil society p. 105
- Democratic government p. 111
- 7 Radical democracy p. 115
- Civic republicanism p. 115
- Populism p. 121
- Populism and radical democracy p. 126
- 8 Collective values p. 131
- Collective action as a value in itself p. 134
- Constitutive values p. 140
- Substantively collective values p. 143
- 9 Policies for the common good p. 149
- The common good p. 149
- The conditions for a common good p. 158
- Methods: voice and empowerment p. 162
- Policies for the common good p. 163
- 10 The common weal p. 169
- Towards a good society p. 169
- The principles of the common weal p. 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1447346890
- 9781447346890
- OCLC:
- 1057658153
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