Our common good : if the state provides less, who will provide more?
tarafından
 
Nickson, John, 1947- author.

Başlık
Our common good : if the state provides less, who will provide more?

Yazar
Nickson, John, 1947- author.

ISBN
9781849548038

Yazar Ek Girişi
Nickson, John, 1947- author.

Fiziksel Tanımlama
xx, 411 pages ; 24 cm

İçerik
Title Page; Epigraph; Dedication; In Memoriam; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: Surviving an age of irresponsibility; Chapter 1: Who is responsible?; Chapter 2: How unequal is Britain?; Chapter 3: The challenge of being young; Chapter 4: Trust and the threat to democracy; Chapter 5: Perspectives from academia; Chapter 6: Where will the children live?; Chapter 7: Equality and the law; Chapter 8: Investing in knowledge and intellectual capital; Chapter 9: Culture and the need to explain; Chapter 10: Health: a public service in crisis; Chapter 11: Who should pay for doing good? PART TWO: Towards a new world of responsibility and enlightenment?Chapter 12: Defining and achieving the common good; Chapter 13: How can great wealth respond to social need? Independent foundations and their contribution to the common good; Chapter 14: The woman and the dress: inequality in Surrey and Zambia; Chapter 15: Renaissance: a tale of two men and two towns; Chapter 16: Those were the days: why the rebirth of a town matters; Chapter 17: Northern Ireland: how community, philanthropy and social enterprise made peace possible; Chapter 18: Community First: a crusade for more local giving. Chapter 19: Pioneering new charities: the heroes and heroines of twenty-first century BritainChapter 20: Are millennials 'nicer'?: new thinking about giving; Chapter 21: Catch-22: charity's dilemma; Chapter 22: Community power: the regeneration of east London; Chapter 23: From Oldham to the Universe: the path to youth empowerment; Chapter 24: Conclusions: Observing eternal truths; Appendix: Where are the Moral Questions in Today's Economic Discourse?

Özet
John Nickson argues that there will be catastrophic effects on our democracy unless we all commit to creating the social, cultural and intellectual capital we need to sustain society and our economy.

Konu Başlığı
Civil society -- Great Britain.
 
Sivil toplum -- Büyük Britanya.
 
Charities -- Great Britain.
 
Bağışlar -- Büyük Britanya.


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