00978nam a2200265 i 450099100038596970753620020509165751.0010322s1967 uk ||| | eng 0674832655b11349657-39ule_instPARLA207123ExLDip. Scienze StoricheitaHapgood, Hutchins525614The spirit of the ghetto /by Hutchins Hapgood ; edited by Moses RischinCambridge, London :Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,1967XL, 315 p. ;21 cm.Ebrei - New York - IntellettualiRischin, MosesEpstein, Jacob.b1134965721-09-0601-07-02991000385969707536LE009 Stor. 79.1-39312009000031852le009-E0.00-l- 00000.i1152567801-07-02Spirit of the ghetto825130UNISALENTOle00901-01-01ma -enguk 4104853nam 2200649I 450 991095922760332120191219103429.09781838676292183867629597818386763151838676317(CKB)4100000009825660(MiAaPQ)EBC5971186(UtOrBLW)9781838676315(Perlego)965051(EXLCZ)99410000000982566020191219h20192020 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuilding the good society the power and limits of markets, democracy and freedom in an increasingly polarized world /Lloyd J. Dumas (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)First edition.Bingley, England :Emerald Publishing,[2020]©20201 online resource (249 pages)Includes index.9781838676322 1838676325 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Chapter 1. Securing political freedom and sustainable democracy -- Chapter 2. The market system: achieving equity and material abundance -- Chapter 3. Attitudes: promoting progress or destroying dignity? -- Chapter 4. Institutions and organizations: constructing the social foundation -- Chapter 5. Limits and incentives: tools for an efficient, fair and responsible society -- Chapter 6. Democratic transitions: creating, protecting and sustaining the good society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.In many countries, society seems to be going off the rails. Economies are mired in widening and deepening inequality while the polity has deteriorated into a state of permanent hyper-partisan confrontation. Compromise and pragmatism seem a thing of the past. The central value of fairness has been cast aside. An individual's freedom and prosperity increasingly appear to depend not on personal and social commitments to the fundamental institutions of market economy and political democracy, but rather on whether his or her side dominates in the struggle for power. Leading political economist Lloyd J. Dumas presents a pragmatic alternative view of a society that is capable of maximizing individual freedoms and producing sustained prosperity while preserving socially responsible behavior. In six interconnected essays, he investigates how to secure political freedom and sustainable democracy while avoiding the deliberate manipulation that produces less-than-democratic results; how to achieve equity and material abundance within the market system while avoiding the disadvantages of excessive income and wealth inequality; how to foster individual attitudes that promote progress rather than destroy the idea of individual dignity; how to shape the international organizations and institutions that will construct a solid and truly global social foundation; and how to sustain these foundations through democratic transitions. No blue sky utopian vision of idealists living in a perfect society, this book draws upon real examples from around the globe in order to outline an achievable future where ordinary, fallible human beings can overcome the most troubling limitations of democratic institutions and free market economics in order to harness their power to bring prosperity and maximize personal freedom. With chapters that collectively build a pragmatic conceptual foundation for envisioning an optimally ethical international politico-economic system, The Power and Limits of Markets, Democracy and Freedom is a must-read for political economists and policymakers interested in realistic, theoretically rigorous recommendations for social development. Because its chapters are digestible as standalone essays, this book is also of interest to anyone concerned with the most pressing political, economic, and social issues of the past ten years.Human rightsPolitical scienceSociologyEconomicsSociological aspectsDemocracyEconomic aspectsDemocracySocial aspectsPolitical Science, Human RightsbisacshHuman rightsbicsscHuman rights.Political science.Sociology.EconomicsSociological aspects.DemocracyEconomic aspects.DemocracySocial aspects.Political Science, Human Rights.Human rights.306.3Dumas Lloyd J.848918UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910959227603321Building the good society4358530UNINA