Building the good society : the power and limits of markets, democracy and freedom in an increasingly polarized world

• Main Author: Dumas, Lloyd J. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Human rights.; Political science.; Sociology.; Economics > Sociological aspects.; Democracy > Economic aspects.; Democracy > Social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781838676315; 9781838676292
• DOI: 10.1108/9781838676292
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages)

In many countries, society seems to be going off the rails. Economies are mired in widening and deepening inequality while the polity has deteriorated into a state of permanent hyper-partisan confrontation. Compromise and pragmatism seem a thing of the past. The central value of fairness has been ca...