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Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart
Rowland Atkinson
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Description for Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart
Paperback. This book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. A wide range of expert contributors outline what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society Editor(s): Atkinson, Rowland; McKenzie, Lisa; Winlow, Simon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
What would it take to make society better? The book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. It argues that social scientists need to cast aside their commitment to the established order and its ideological support systems, look ahead at the likely outcomes of various interventions and move to the forefront of informed political debate. Providing practical steps and policy programmes, this is ideal for academics and students across a wide range of social science fields and those interested in social inequality.
What would it take to make society better? The book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. It argues that social scientists need to cast aside their commitment to the established order and its ideological support systems, look ahead at the likely outcomes of various interventions and move to the forefront of informed political debate. Providing practical steps and policy programmes, this is ideal for academics and students across a wide range of social science fields and those interested in social inequality.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447332039
SKU
V9781447332039
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99-1
About Rowland Atkinson
Rowland Atkinson is Chair in Inclusive Societies, in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield. His research crosses urban studies, sociology, geography and criminology and looks at different forms of exclusion and inequality. Among other interests his work has focused on questions of wealth and poverty in societies and the often invisible harms generated by social inequality ... Read more
Reviews for Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart
This fantastic collection provides a trenchant critique of contemporary society and outlines solutions to challenge the power games of those sowing the seeds of social injustice. A must read for anyone with a heart. Mark Doidge, University of Brighton offers a different way of thinking and a simple message-that the notion of the social needs to be reclaimed ... Read more