The foundational economy and citizenship : comparative perspectives on civil repair / edited by Filippo Barbera and Ian Rees Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barbera, Filippo, editor.

Jones, Ian Reese, editor.

Series:

Civil society and social change.

Policy Press scholarship online.

Civil society and social change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Citizenship.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.

Summary:

The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for the first time in this instructive collection. Challenging mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how foundational economy experiments at different scales can foster radical social innovation through collective, rather than private, consumption. An interdisciplinary group of respected European academics provide case studies of initiatives and interventions around policy cornerstones including housing, food supply and water and waste management. They build a judicious evidence base of the growing relevance of foundational economic thinking and its potential to provide a new political and social outlook on civil society and social justice.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures and tables

Notes on the editors and contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The foundational economy and the civil sphere

Governance and public action

Re-embedding the economy within digitalized foundational sectors: The case of platform cooperativism

Reframing public ownership in the foundational economy: (Re)discovering a variety of forms

The non-profit paradox after the 2008 financial crisis: How to survive within a changing scenario

Housing and urban life

Planning with citizenship: An idea whose time has come in Greater Manchester?

Housing and the grounded city: Rent extraction and social innovations

Water and waste

Waste management and value extraction in Italy: Where is the citizen? Waste to worth

Civil society and the movement for public water: Water management and its transformation in the UK and Italy

Food

Changing food supply chains: The role of citizens and civil society organizations in working towards a social economy

Foodscapes of hope: The foundational economy of food

Conclusions and new policy directions

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

ProQuest (Firme)

ISBN:

9781447353393

1447353390

9781447353379

1447353374

9781447353386

1447353382

OCLC:

1197908638