Towards a Natural Social Contract [electronic resource] : Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation for a Sustainable, Healthy and Just Society

• Tác giả: Patrick Huntjens
• Ngôn ngữ: ger
• ISBN-13: 978-3030671303
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 303.372 Belief systems and customs
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021
• Mô tả vật lý: XIV, 205 p. 22 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 169371
• Chủ đề: 1. Human rights; 2. Social justice; 3. Social policy; 4. Social service; 5. Sustainable development; 6. Welfare state; 7. Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; 8. Comparative Social Policy; 9. Politics of the Welfare State; 10. Social Policy; 11. Social Work and Community Development; 12. Sustainable Development

Tóm tắt

This open access book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security and sustainability of our societies. It states that new ways of inhabiting and cultivating our planet are needed to keep it healthy for future generations. This requires a fundamental shift from the current anthropocentric and economic growth-oriented social contract to a more ecocentric and regenerative natural social contract. The author posits that in a natural social contract, society cannot rely on the market or state alone for solutions to grand societal challenges, nor leave them to individual responsibility. Rather, these problems need to be solved through transformative social-ecological innovation (TSEI), which involves systemic changes that affect sustainability, health and justice. The TSEI framework presented in this book helps to diagnose and advance innovation and change across sectors and disciplines, and at different levels of governance. It identifies intervention points and helps formulate sustainable solutions for policymakers, administrators, concerned citizens and professionals in moving towards a more just and equitable society.