America the possible [[electronic resource] ] : manifesto for a new economy / / James Gustave Speth

• Autore: Speth James Gustave
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.973
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - United States; Progressivism (United States politics); Social justice - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic policy
• Classificazione: POL024000POL044000BUS022000BUS072000BUS099000
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Manifesto -- 2. Society At The Breaking Point -- 3. The Weight Of The World -- 4. Running Out Of Planet -- 5. America The Possible -- 6. A Sustaining Post-Growth Economy -- 7. System Changes -- 8. Realizing Democracy -- 9. The Movement -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this third volume of his award-winning American Crisis series, James Gustave Speth makes his boldest and most ambitious contribution yet. He looks unsparingly at the sea of troubles in which the United States now finds itself, charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt today, and envisions what he calls America the Possible, an attractive and plausible future that we can still realize. The book identifies a dozen features of the American political economy-the country's basic operating system-where transformative change is essential. It spells out the specific changes that are needed to move toward a new political economy-one in which the true priority is to sustain people and planet. Supported by a compelling ";theory of change"; that explains how system change can come to America, the book also presents a vision of political, social, and economic life in a renewed America. Speth envisions a future that will be well worth fighting for. In short, this is a book about the American future and the strong possibility that we yet have it in ourselves to use our freedom and our democracy in powerful ways to create something fine, a reborn America, for our children and grandchildren.
• Titolo autorizzato: America the possible
• ISBN: 1-283-60437-X; 9786613916822; 0-300-18468-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785777003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II