The Pandemic Within: Policy Making for a Better World

Author:   Hendrik Wagenaar (King’s College London, Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna and University of Canberra) ,  Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781447362227


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   25 August 2021
Format:   Hardback
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COVID-19 has exposed defects in our current politicaleconomic order: extreme wealth inequality, an ideology-driven government, a greedy corporate sector, a precarious labour force and a looming climate catastrophe. This accessible book offers a unique blend of moral imagination and socialpolitical analysis to overcome these defects. It focuses on two characteristics of contemporary societies hegemony and complexity that have inhibited our ability to imagine, and take seriously, better practices and institutions. Considering housing, work, governance, finance, climate change and more, this book presents feasible and pragmatic solutions which are informed by a comprehensive vision of a flourishing, sustainable and richly democratic society.

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Author:   Hendrik Wagenaar (King’s College London, Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna and University of Canberra) ,  Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447362227


ISBN 10:   1447362225
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   25 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The pandemic within 2. At home in the world: overcoming the predicament of complexity and hegemony 3. Ensuring a well-functioning public infrastructure 4. Housing is a public good, not a commodity 5. Redefining work and income 6. The return of good government 7. Real corporate responsibility 8. Money as a public good 9. Living in the Anthropocene 10. Towards an ecological society

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This book offers a thoughtful, original and timely take on current environmental threats, focusing on the importance of solidarity and care, tending to our collective habitat rather than controlling it. Gisli Palsson, Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland


Author Information

Hendrik Wagenaar is Senior Academic Advisor at the International School for Government at King's College London, Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, Austria and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra. Barbara Prainsack is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and Director of the interdisciplinary research platform Governance of Digital Practices. She is also Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney and Honorary Affiliate at King's College London.

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