Building better societies : promoting social justice in a world falling apart / edited by Rowland Atkinson, Lisa Mckenzie and Simon Winlow

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TextPublication details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017Description: vi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781447332039

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23 303.49 B868

Contents:

Who would not be for society?-- pt. 1 Problems -- The social question and the urgency of care -- Better politics: Narratives of indignation and the possibility of a prosocial politics -- Valuing and strengthening community -- pt. 2 Ideas -- Confronting the roots of violent behaviour -- In defence of the public city -- Artfully thinking the prosocial -- Re-visioning exclusion in local communities -- Putting `the social' back into social policy -- pt. 3 Futures -- Progress through protest -- Cities, crises and the future -- Policy steps towards a better social future -- The (in)visibility of riches, urban life and exclusion -- The uses of catastrophism -- Conclusion -- Thinking prosocially.

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Who would not be for society?--
pt. 1 Problems --
The social question and the urgency of care --
Better politics: Narratives of indignation and the possibility of a prosocial politics --
Valuing and strengthening community --
pt. 2 Ideas --
Confronting the roots of violent behaviour --
In defence of the public city --
Artfully thinking the prosocial --
Re-visioning exclusion in local communities --
Putting `the social' back into social policy --
pt. 3 Futures --
Progress through protest --
Cities, crises and the future --
Policy steps towards a better social future --
The (in)visibility of riches, urban life and exclusion --
The uses of catastrophism --
Conclusion --
Thinking prosocially.

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