Introduction; Part one: A moral order?: Value, virtue and justice; Snap judgments and rational choices; Nature, science and cosmology; Part two: Regulation and relationsship: What is economics good for?; Moral regulation; In search of a moral compass; Part three: The policy response: Sharing wealth, income and work; Sustaining the quality of life; Conclusions.
Bill Jordan is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Plymouth.He has held visiting chairs in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia and Hungary. He worked for 20 years in the UK social services, and is the author of 27 books on social policy, social theory, politics and social work.
"What is particularly uplifting about this book is that it could be
read positively from within any of our three major political
parties, which means that it has the potential to generate a common
mind on how future social policy should be shaped." Citizen's
Income Newsletter
"Bill Jordan's command of history and science, philosophy and
economics, puts him in a unique position to provide a compelling
critique of the Third Way. His engaging analysis of the moral and
contractual regulation that underlies the current Zeitgeist is a
necessary read for tomorrow's politicians, as well as for
tomorrow's voters." Amir Paz-Fuchs, Ono Academic College,
Israel
"An incisive analysis by one of Britain's leading social theorists,
this book explains why Third Way policies to regulate capitalism
went in the wrong direction. Jordan's central question -- how to
combine and balance economic and moral regulation -- should trigger
public debate about the nature of a good society and the extent to
which it is advanced by the normative message of welfare state
policies that elevate employment and individual responsibility
above all else." Neil Gilbert, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare,
Co-Director Center for Child and Youth Policy University of
California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720
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