Toward A Good Society In The Twenty-first Century: Principles And Policies (perspectives From Social Economics)

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. Marangos and Karagiannis have put together a comprehensive volume that explores the principles and policies needed to bring about the good society, and focuses on four broad themes which are deemed important towards achieving a good or better society: quality education and fair distribution; environmentally sustainable prosperity; inclusive economic development and significant job creation; and beneficial civic institutions, and deepening of freedom and time use. All these topics can be highly controversial and call for alternative perspectives on theoretical (philosophical) and policy grounds Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Moral Education and the Good Society: An IMPACT for HBCUs....Pages 3-21 What Does the Rising Tide Bring?....Pages 23-47 Divided We Stand, United We Fall—A Good Society Needs an Individual Poverty Measure....Pages 49-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Prosperity....Pages 75-103 Green Consumerism: A Path to Sustainability?....Pages 105-121 Sustainability in a Good Society: Alternate Visions from Australia and the United States....Pages 123-142 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Not Just Fun and Games: Reconceptualizing the Role of Young People in Economic Development....Pages 145-167 The Making of a Good Society: Lowe’s Instrumental Method and the Pursuit of Full Employment....Pages 169-185 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Good Society: The Case of Forsyth Futures, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA....Pages 189-203 The Acting Person: Reconstructing Economic Agency around a Living, Breathing, Existential Actuality....Pages 205-225 Time on the Ledger: Social Accounting for the Good Society....Pages 227-247 Back Matter....Pages 249-275