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Thinking Collectively

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What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Indi...
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  • 05 July 2019
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What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy?

In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of political discourse. Breaking down his analysis to examine collectivism through substantive, moral and methodological lenses, he reviews a series of arguments for cooperative effort, solidarity and collective responsibility. Taking a dispassionate and methodical approach, the author explores what collectivism means in social policy and what value it offers to the field.

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Price: $127.95
Pages: 188
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Publication Date: 05 July 2019
ISBN: 9781447346890
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Social welfare, social policy and social services
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Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at Robert Gordon University; he works independently as a writer and commentator on social policy. His previous books on applied social theory include Liberty, equality, fraternity (2006), Reclaiming Individualism (2013), and Arguments for Welfare (2017).

Part I: Collectivism

Substantive collectivism: collectivism in practice

Methodological collectivism: social science and social policy

Moral collectivism

The individual and the collective

Community

Part II: Collective action for the common good

Government and collective action

Radical democracy

Collective values

Policies for the common good

The common weal