ISBN:
9781138909335
,
9781317438267
,
9781317438274
,
9781315694023
,
9781317438281
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages))
,
text file, PDF
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 177
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Power (Social sciences)
;
Social change
;
Social integration
;
Social policy Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- 1 The decent society -- What we expect from government -- Understanding decent lives -- Measuring decent lives -- Social quality and the decent society -- Conditions for the decent society -- 2 Economic security -- Resources for survival -- The wealth of nations -- The social wage -- The functions of economic security -- The sustainability of economic security -- Measuring economic security -- 3 Social cohesion -- The cohesive society
Abstract:
Domains and functions of social cohesion -- Governance -- The scope and sustainability of social cohesion -- Measuring social cohesion -- 4 Social inclusion -- What social inclusion means -- Processes of social inclusion -- Family, community and inclusion -- The functions and elements of social inclusion -- Measuring social inclusion -- 5 Social empowerment -- Agency and its context -- Empowerment and capability -- The elements of empowerment -- Measuring empowerment -- 6 Social quality in transitional societies: A summary of research -- Developing research: towards social quality
Abstract:
The former Soviet Union: countries in transition -- Rwanda: a state that recreated itself -- From satisfaction to the decent society -- 7 Constructing a Decent Society Index -- The need for a different index -- Constituting the Decent Society Index -- 8 Using the Decent Society Index -- Headline results -- The top sixteen countries -- Planned social development: the case of Rwanda -- The world's poorest countries -- Using the Decent Society Index -- 9 Conclusions and future directions -- The Decent Society Model -- Assessing the Model
Abstract:
Capability, functioning and the provision of prerequisite conditions -- The uses of the Index -- Next steps in using the Model and the Index -- References -- Appendix -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-161) and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781315694023
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317438281
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317438281
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