The Accidental Societist
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80381-784-2 (ISBN)
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Our lived experience should be enriched by a political and economic system that is just and fair, that strengthens the ties that bind us together as a society with shared values, and allows us to live, however we choose, safely, and secure in the provision of the essential elements of our lives; economic, human and environmental.
Our current market economy was conceived in a social vacuum, when gender, race and social class rights, were denied most of the population. There was no universal franshise. We can add intergenerational rights to that list. This book explores why our market economy and politics fails to adapt as society evolves. It answers the question, if not capitalism, what?
This is about far more than economics.
It raises the banner for equality, rights and economic democracy.
It defines what it means to be human, and the values with live by, share, and who we are as a society.
It is about a reshaping of politics around a radicalised Centre and beyond, and confronting unspoken truths, laying the ground for a new paradigm.
It affects the reader and future generations and the society we choose to shape and share. Of finding hope, through universal common values, and shared personal and collective self-interest.
Peter Ellis is the co-founder of the Society Alliance, a campaiging organisation promoting a societal economy and Homes within Homes, an organisation advocating the use of our existing housing stock to create affordable tenancies.He is a political thinker and campaigner, who after spending several years as a councillor in the mid-1980s has developed increasingly radical, yet inclusive solutions to the social and economic problems of the modern age. He writes as a father, seeking a better future for younger and future generations.His is a unique message saying we must challenge legacy, the bi-partisan economics of capitalism and socialism and embrace a more humane and democratic, plural economy, which places the individual and society at the heart of our decision making and politics.
Foreword vii
Chapter 1 Imagine - An Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Inheritance - A history 12
Chapter 3 Societism and Market Societism 35
Our natural social and economic being 35
Values, Rights and Well-being 38
Values and the Common Good 38
Equality, Fairness and Justice 44
Well-being, Health, and Happiness 53
Ubiquitous Fellowship - Internationalism, and Global Welfare 58
Well-being outcomes in a Societal Sector 64
Food poverty - the role of the for-profit company operating for a societal purpose 66
The Housing crisis - a new perspective 69
Community Insurance - a better deal for consumers 73
Cannabis - prices at cost for the NHS, profits for social use 78
Social care - the enterprise economy, taxation, and public expenditure 84
Energy - a societal response to the cost of living 90
Chapter 4 Politics and Economy - Re-engagement, Representation and Responsibility 96
Chapter 5 Societisation and Market Societism - Economic Justice and Opportunity 133
Chapter 6 And so? 178
Appendices A personal statement of values and rights 190
Appendix 1 An artistic tribute - writers, poets, and dramatists 192
Appendix 2 Realising Democracy/Celeste Byers' artwork 201
Appendix 3 A localised diversion to Winterton-on-Sea 209
Acknowledgments 212
Sources 214
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2024 |
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| Verlagsort | Claygate |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 246 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80381-784-4 / 1803817844 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80381-784-2 / 9781803817842 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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