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Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good (PDF eBook)


Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good (PDF eBook)

eBook by Spicker, Paul

Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good (PDF eBook)

£27.99

ISBN:
9781447346906
Publication Date:
05 Jun 2019
Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Imprint:
Policy Press
Pages:
188 pages
Format:
eBook
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Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good (PDF eBook)

Description

What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of political discourse. Breaking down his analysis to examine collectivism through substantive, moral and methodological lenses, he reviews a series of arguments for cooperative effort, solidarity and collective responsibility. Taking a dispassionate and methodical approach, the author explores what collectivism means in social policy and what value it offers to the field.

Contents

Part I: Collectivism Substantive collectivism: collectivism in practice Methodological collectivism: social science and social policy Moral collectivism The individual and the collective Community Part II: Collective action for the common good Government and collective action Radical democracy Collective values Policies for the common good The common weal

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