From Austerity to Abundance? - Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common GoodPevná vazba
From Austerity to Abundance? - Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common GoodPevná vazba This volume explores the ways in which civil society and governments employ transformative tactics of…
Specifikacia From Austerity to Abundance? - Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common GoodPevná vazba
From Austerity to Abundance? - Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common GoodPevná vazba
This volume explores the ways in which civil society and governments employ transformative tactics of direct engagement in coordinating efforts toward the common good. Instead of simplistic load-shedding and unfunded partnerships, collaborative governance and coproduction increasingly take on characteristics of social movements, wherein direct citizen engagement in public policy making and administrative implementation are seen as the collective pursuit of human flourishing and abundance.These approaches counter the status quo - both in terms of power dynamics and standard operating procedures. The chapters highlight alternatives that are philosophically and pragmatically different from neoliberal austerity measures, which reduce coproduction to a cost-saving tactic.
Civil society is increasingly reclaiming its roots in the more informal mechanisms of social movements. As