Alternative perspectives of a good society
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Perspectives from social economics |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 203 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780230114456 (hbk.) 0230114458 (hardcover) |
Index Number: | D091 |
CLC: | D091.6 |
Call Number: | D091.6/A466 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / John Marangos -- Marx and Engels's vision of building a good society / Al Campbell -- Gendered work in a "good society" -- a paradox to care about / Karin Schönpflug -- Does the field of comparative economic systems (CES) care about the good society? A feminist angle on the need for institutional analysis in CES / Lynn S. Duggan and Barbara E. Hopkins -- The development ethics perspective of a good society / John Marangos and Nikos Astroulakis -- Demystifying finance : how to understand financialization and think of strategies for a good society / Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, John Milios, and Spyros Lapatsioras -- Labor standards, gender, and decent work in newly industrialized countries : promoting the good society / Alex DeRuyter ... [et al.] -- A socially sensitive developmental state : key economic and politico-institutional aspects / Nikolaos Karagiannis and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi -- Obesity, evolutionary psychology, and the good society / Steven Pressman -- Questions for a good society : concluding thoughts / Ellen Mutari. |