Beyond Individualism

ISBN-13: 9780674068971 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 220 str.

Michael J. Piore

Opis

The Reagan and Bush years have left American with a troublesome dilemma: how to balance budget deficits against social deficits. This book examines how, in a time of economic crisis and constraint, it is possible to meet the demand for spending on the nation's neglected poor, infirm and disadvantaged, old and young. Michael Piore's response is to develop a new social theory that balances individual preferences against the claims and responsibilities of the community. By explaining the role of groups in economic and social life, this theory makes sense of a host of social phenomena and policy issues, from equal employment opportunity, international competitiveness and the decline of organized labour to multicultural education, health insurance and the underclass.