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The Kindness Fix : How and Why We Must Build a More Compassionate Society / Jason Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Jason, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Compassion.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, England : Policy Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- The help we give to others can be more effective and more just if we cultivate greater levels of compassion. Jason Wood reviews the research and talks to experts from across the world to make the moving case for greater compassion in public life.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The birth of the welfare state
- The right strikes back
- Welfare is failing
- What is compassion?
- Are we compassionate?
- The benefits of compassion
- The economic case
- Designing compassionate institutions
- Leading with compassion
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781447370901
- 1447370902
- OCLC:
- 1455383826
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