LEADER 04712nam 2200589I 450 001 9910793838203321 005 20191219103429.0 010 $a1-83867-629-5 010 $a1-83867-631-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000009825660 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5971186 035 $a(UtOrBLW)9781838676315 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009825660 100 $a20191219h20192020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBuilding the good society $ethe power and limits of markets, democracy and freedom in an increasingly polarized world /$fLloyd J. Dumas (University of Texas at Dallas, USA) 210 1$aBingley, England :$cEmerald Publishing,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-83867-632-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aSociology 606 $aEconomics$xSociological aspects 606 $aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects 606 $aDemocracy$xSocial aspects 606 $aPolitical Science, Human Rights$2bisacsh 606 $aHuman rights$2bicssc 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aDemocracy$xSocial aspects. 615 7$aPolitical Science, Human Rights. 615 7$aHuman rights. 676 $a306.3 700 $aDumas$b Lloyd J.$0848918 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793838203321 996 $aBuilding the good society$93688595 997 $aUNINA