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Author |
: Fred L. Block |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0520068130 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780520068131 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Postindustrial Possibilities by : Fred L. Block
While it is often acknowledged that we live in a "postindustrial" age, our economic concepts have lagged far behind our postmodern sensibility. In this incisive new work, the well-known sociologist, Fred Block, sheds obsolete and shopworn economic analysi
Author |
: Fred L. Block |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 1990-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520910133 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520910133 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Postindustrial Possibilities by : Fred L. Block
While it is often acknowledged that we live in a "postindustrial" age, our economic concepts have lagged far behind our postmodern sensibility. In this incisive new work, the well-known sociologist, Fred Block, sheds obsolete and shopworn economic analysis by presenting a bold, sweeping reconceptualization of the economy. Postindustrial Possibilities provides a fresh understanding of the dynamics of postindustrial change while offering a roadmap for future economic thinking. Block takes as his point of departure the tired concepts of neo-classical economics which, while still dominant, fall short as tools for comprehending contemporary economic forces. In Block's mind, the failure to revise the concepts of industrial economics means that the reality of today's economy is increasingly understood as "through a glass darkly." Intent on reinvigorating thinking in this area, Block masterfully critiques the central categories of neo-classical economics, such as the market, labor, and capital. Block argues that the neo-classical tradition has obscured the fact that capitalist prosperity has been built not on "free markets" but rather on systematic constraints on market freedom. He further suggests that measurements of capital have become increasingly problematic and that the concept obscures the critical sources of productivity within organizations. In his far-reaching analysis of the Gross National Product, Block shows that there is a growing divergence between the factors that determine people's well-being and trends in measured GNP. Postindustrial Possibilities sets forth a new intellectual paradigm that might be called "Qualitative Growth." One of its primary foci is a shift toward improved product quality and greater priority for various non-commodity satisfactions such as leisure, interesting work, economic security and a safe and clean environment. It also promotes a recognition that greater economic efficiency rests not on infusions of capital but on cooperative labor relations and on institutional reform. Wide-ranging, intellectually vibrant and lucid, Postindustrial Possibilities will engender controversy and debate. It is an enormous contribution that social scientists and policymakers will need to come to terms with.
Author |
: Matthew E. Kahn |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 165 |
Release |
: 2021-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781421440835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1421440830 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities by : Matthew E. Kahn
How can urban leaders in Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis make the smart choices that can lead their city to make a comeback? The urban centers of New York City, Seattle, and San Francisco have enjoyed tremendous economic success and population growth in recent years. At the same time, cities like Baltimore and Detroit have experienced population loss and economic decline. People living in these cities are not enjoying the American Dream of upward mobility. How can post-industrial cities struggling with crime, pollution, poverty, and economic decline make a comeback? In Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities, Matthew E. Kahn and Mac McComas explore why some people and places thrive during a time of growing economic inequality and polarization—and some don't. They examine six underperforming cities—Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis—that have struggled from 1970 to present. Drawing from the field of urban economics, Kahn and McComas ask how the public and private sectors can craft policies and make investments that create safe, green cities where young people reach their full potential. The authors analyze long-run economic and demographic trends. They also highlight recent lessons from urban economics in labor market demand and supply, neighborhood quality of life, and local governance while scrutinizing strategies to lift people out of poverty. These cities are all at a fork in the road. Depending on choices made today, they could enjoy a significant comeback—but only if local leaders are open to experimentation and innovation while being honest about failure and constructive evaluation. Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities provides a roadmap for how urban policy makers, community members, and practitioners in the public and private sector can work together with researchers to discover how all cities can solve the most pressing modern urban challenges.
Author |
: Thomas Boje |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 339 |
Release |
: 2005-07-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134602032 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134602030 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Post-industrial Labour Markets by : Thomas Boje
In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in four different countries: Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden. Through a comparative study of these cases, the book discusses the nation-specific patterns that exist in a world that seems to become increasingly subject to common social and economic development.
Author |
: Felix Ringel |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2018-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781785337994 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1785337998 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Back to the Postindustrial Future by : Felix Ringel
How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost.
Author |
: Brian Milani |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 084769190X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780847691906 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Designing the Green Economy by : Brian Milani
Milani, a teacher and research coordinator for the Eco-Materials Project in Toronto, first describes the economic world of the past and present, the industrial and post-industrial world with which we all have some experience. Then comes the economic outline for the world of the future, a green economy most have only glimpsed or heard tell of. Milani's goal is to integrate human technologies into natural processes and stop humanity's "predatory attitude." By doing so we will move from a quantitative model of wealth to a qualitative model where what becomes paramount is the development of people and communities, and the de-development (self-restoration) of nature. Milani wants to reform human practice with real philosophic, economic, and material solutions so that nature no longer needs human protection against human onslaught. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author |
: Vladislav L. Inozemtsev |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 403 |
Release |
: 2019-07-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429803758 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429803753 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Constitution of the Post-Economic State by : Vladislav L. Inozemtsev
First published in 1998, this author illustrates clearly how, on the threshold of the new millennium, the world is entering a post-economic era. On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of modern socio-economic trends, the author brings forward a new paradigm for understanding contemporary economic processes that change the substance of our civilization.
Author |
: Adrian Little |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 202 |
Release |
: 2004-01-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134693597 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134693591 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Post-Industrial Socialism by : Adrian Little
Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy. In demonstrating the limitations of the welfare state and the associated concept of citizenship, this book suggests that we need to renew socialist welfare theory through the evaluation of universal welfare provision and a policy of breaking the link between work and income.
Author |
: Derek Gregory |
Publisher |
: U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0816626197 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780816626199 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Human Geography by : Derek Gregory
Based on the premise that the cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts between human geography and the social sciences is central to the continuing process of rethinking human geography, these essays examine some of the major issues and questions facing the world today.
Author |
: Frank Harold Wilson |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2012-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780791485460 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0791485463 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City by : Frank Harold Wilson
Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the scholarship of William Julius Wilson, one of the nation's leading sociologists and public intellectuals, and the controversies surrounding his work. In addressing the connection between postindustrial cities and changing race relations, the author, who is not related to William Julius Wilson, shows how Wilson has synthesized competing theories of race relations, urban sociology, and public policy into a refocused liberal analysis of postindustrial America. Combining intellectual biography, the sociology of knowledge, and theoretical analyses of sociological debates relevant to African Americans, this book provides both appraisal and critique, ultimately assessing Wilson's contribution to the sociological canon.