{"product_id":"rethinking-society-for-the-21st-century-volume-1-socio-economic-transformations-report-of-the-international-panel-on-social-progress-hardback-9781108423121","title":"Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Volume 1, Socio-Economic Transformations; Report of the International Panel on Social Progress (Hardback) 9781108423120","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking Society for the 21st Century: Volume 1, Socio-Economic Transformations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReport of the International Panel on Social Progress\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAssesses the achievements of world societies, the trends and dangers, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eInternational Panel on Social Progress (IPSP) (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108423120, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages, 61 b\/w illus.  1 map  21 tables\u003cbr\u003e28.5 x 22 x 2.1 cm, 1.24 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The publication of the first Report of the International Panel on Social Progress is a significant intellectual event, both because of its hugely ambitious aim - of uniting the world's leading researchers from social sciences and the humanities to develop research-based, multi-disciplinary, non-partisan, action-guiding solutions to the central challenges of our time - and because it represents the completion of a mammoth effort in the service of this aim by a diverse set of 269 authors.' Alexander Raubo and Alex Voorhoeve, Economics and Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first of three volumes containing a report from the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). The IPSP is an independent association of top research scholars with the goal of assessing methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Written in accessible language by scholars across the social sciences and humanities, these volumes assess the achievements of world societies in past centuries, the current trends, the dangers that we are now facing, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century. It covers the main socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social progress, global as well as regional issues, and the diversity of challenges and their interplay around the world. This particular volume covers topics such as economic inequality and growth, finance and corporations, labor, capitalism, and social justice.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to Volume 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Social trends and new geographies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Social progress: a compass\u003cbr\u003e 3. Economic inequality and social progress\u003cbr\u003e 4. Economic growth, human development and welfare\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cities and social progress\u003cbr\u003e 6. Markets, finance, and corporations: does capitalism have a future?\u003cbr\u003e 7. The future of work – good jobs for all\u003cbr\u003e 8. Social justice, well-being, and economic organization\u003cbr\u003e Authors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Public administration [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Public administration\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Public%20administration%20%5BJPP%5D%22\"\u003eJPP\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266355712280,"sku":"9781108423120","price":61.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108423120i_80796486-f9bf-49e9-80ba-1a8a112b527d.jpg?v=1696694944","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-society-for-the-21st-century-volume-1-socio-economic-transformations-report-of-the-international-panel-on-social-progress-hardback-9781108423121","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}