Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-First Century

Having previously defined a good society as a sustainable society with a high level of development, significant provision of meaningful jobs, and low levels of inequality and social ills, Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-first Century provides a wide range of principles and policies that would be necessary if we are to achieve a good society.

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Auteur
Bob Williams Danièle Meulders Síle O'Dorchai Shann Turnbull Paula M. Cole Valerie K. Kepner Janet Spitz Edward J. O'Boyle Michael J. Murray Tom Walker K Maeve Powlick

Contenu
Foreword Dr. Brenda A. Allen Preface Hon. Dr. Bernard J. Nottage, MP Introduction John Marangos and Nikolaos Karagiannis PART I: EDUCATION, DISTRIBUTION & GOOD SOCIETY 1. Moral Education and the Good Society: An IMPACT for HBCUs Denise Pearson 2. What Does the Rising Tide Bring? Robert B. Williams 3. Divided We Stand, United We Fall: A Good Society Needs an Individual Poverty Measure Danièle Meulders and Síle O'Dorchai PART II: SUSTAINABILITY, ECOLOGY & GOOD SOCIETY 4. Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Prosperity Shann Turnbull 5. Green Consumerism: A Path to Sustainability Paula M. Cole and Valerie K. Kepner 6. Sustainability in a Good Society: Alternate Visions from Australia and the U.S. Janet Spitz PART III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT & GOOD SOCIETY 7. Not Just Fun and Games: Reconceptualizing the Role of Young People in Economic Development K. Maeve Powlick 8. The Making of a Good Society: Lowe's Instrumental Method and the Pursuit of Full Employment Michael J. Murray PART IV: CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, FREEDOM, TIME & GOOD SOCIETY 9. The Role of Non-Profit Organizations in the Good Society: The Case of Forsyth Futures, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Jessica M. Bailey, Doris Páez and Morteza Sadri 10. The Acting Person: Reconstructing Economic Agency around a Living, Breathing, Existential Actuality Edward J. O'Boyle 11. Time on the Ledger: Social Accounting for the Good Society Tom Walker Index