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Overcoming the growth mania through the social economy | well sharp
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The Third Sector holds the key to successful action on climate change. The rebirth of social democracy →. May 16, 2010 · 3:41 pm. Overcoming the growth mania through the social economy. In his splendidly provocative. Society must be reconstructed to enlarge the contribution of autonomous individuals and primary groups to the total effectiveness of a new system of production designed to satisfy the human needs which it also determines. (p.10). 1974) in Steady-State Economics versus Growthmania (pdf here.
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Challenging the Market: July 2011
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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Saturday, July 23, 2011. Market based approaches are a threat to vulnerable people. Images by Simon Bosch, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. State and Federal Governments of all persuasion continue their love affair with "market based approaches" to the provision of health services and human and community services. Adele Horin's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald Sad Truth behind Clo...
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Challenging the Market: June 2012
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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Saturday, June 30, 2012. In memory of Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012). With the death of Elinor Ostrom. Activist and campaigners for social and economic justice have lost an important advocate and supporter. Ostrom who was a Professor at Indiana University was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 2009. Ostrom's early work focused on what she called co-production.
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Preparing for the future: civil society, adult education, and Transition Towns | well sharp
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Beware the toxic textbooks! The Third Sector holds the key to successful action on climate change →. May 8, 2010 · 10:16 am. Preparing for the future: civil society, adult education, and Transition Towns. The massive upheavals and traumas that befell the nations of the former Soviet-bloc following the collapse of the Communist regimes provided a kind of ‘natural experiment’ for social scientists: their different experiences and outcomes can be compared, contrasted, and lessons drawn. These results mirror...
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August 29, 2010 · 8:24 pm. A final word …. Has covered a lot of ground since November 2007, summarising and reflecting upon the work of many insightful people. We’ve learned a lot from writing. Hopefully it provides some interesting food for thought for you too. But it’s time for a break. We’d like to bring things to a close* in a suitable manner with a few appropriate words:. Ask the powerful five questions:. What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it?
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Deliberative democracy, green society | well sharp
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Some evidence in favour of our suggestions. Facing up to the climate crisis: despair, acceptance, action →. March 5, 2010 · 9:20 am. Deliberative democracy, green society. Over the past 30 years or so, green political thinkers have offered us a variety of approaches to dealing with the ecological crisis. These proposals range from a deeply unattractive authoritarianism (eg from Garrett Hardin. To an appealing but ultimately utopian anarchism (eg from Murray Bookchin. A paper by Doug Torgerson. Liberal de...
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Building social capacity – not social capital | well sharp
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Organisation and action for social change. A final word … →. July 8, 2010 · 1:08 pm. Building social capacity not social capital. Whether it’s the need for social economy. The importance of civil society. The potential benefits of deliberative democracy. The means to address climate change. Or the idea of ecological citizenship. We consistently find a common theme at the root of what we are talking about. That common theme is the need to build. 2000) According to Smith and Kulynych, Putnam draws largely ...
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Challenging the Market: In memory of Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012)
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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Saturday, June 30, 2012. In memory of Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012). With the death of Elinor Ostrom. Activist and campaigners for social and economic justice have lost an important advocate and supporter. Ostrom who was a Professor at Indiana University was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 2009. Ostrom's early work focused on what she called co-production.
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well sharp | Social change, political economy, eco-politics – plain English notices, reviews, and commentary. | Page 2
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Newer posts →. May 8, 2010 · 10:16 am. Preparing for the future: civil society, adult education, and Transition Towns. The massive upheavals and traumas that befell the nations of the former Soviet-bloc following the collapse of the Communist regimes provided a kind of ‘natural experiment’ for social scientists: their different experiences and outcomes can be compared, contrasted, and lessons drawn. One of those lessons is about the value of civil society. Continue reading →. Tagged as adult education.
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To deal with climate change we need social change | well sharp
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Ecological citizens: do they exist? Don’t frighten the horses! Emissions trading as regulation lite →. October 15, 2009 · 9:32 pm. To deal with climate change we need social change. Your Blog Action Day. Social and Governance Dimensions of Climate Change: Implications for Policy. Policy Research Working P aper 4939) Roberto Foa,. The bottom line: to deal with climate change we need social change – specifically, we need a world of gender equity. With a flourishing civil society. Tagged as civil society.
