0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government

Buy Now

Hope, Power, and Governance (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,273
Discovery Miles 32 730
Hope, Power, and Governance (Hardcover): Valerie Braithwaite

Hope, Power, and Governance (Hardcover)

Valerie Braithwaite

Series: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,273 Discovery Miles 32 730 | Repayment Terms: R307 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Hope is a powerful yet complex phenomenon. Can hope be harnessed for positive social change? What does it mean for a society to "hope well?" How do institutions abuse individual hope?

This issue of The Annals delves into the complicated notions of hope and how it can be encouraged and nurtured on several levels. The contributors to this issue explore institutions of hope in operation and explain how those institutions can function effectively.

Divided into two parts, the first set of articles define institutions of hope as "sets of rules, norms, and practices that ensure that we have some room not only to dream of the extraordinary, but also to do the extraordinary."

Using a combination of theory and practice, the contributors address several different models in the construct of institutions of hope. With a series of case studies, Part I demonstrates institutions of hope at work and shows not only how collective hope may be used constructively but also how it may be abused by those in power.

Part II of this issue identifies ways that institutionalizing hope can address the individual needs on a psychological level. The authors in this second set of papers ask questions such as "What does it mean for an individual to hope well?" and "How and why is hope such a fundamental component of being human?"

Taken together, these two general approaches to hope - on both an individual and a collective level - give readers insight into the challenges of designing institutions that allow collective hopes to be practiced. Calling for an agenda that encourages both theory and practice, the contributors to this special issue set a solid foundation for future research into ways that will narrow the gap between the psychological needs of the individual and the limitations of social institutions.

General

Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Series: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series
Release date: March 2004
First published: March 2004
Editors: Valerie Braithwaite
Dimensions: 236 x 163 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-0895-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General
LSN: 1-4129-0895-7
Barcode: 9781412908955

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Turning And Turning - Exploring The…
Judith February Paperback R280 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540
This Will Not Pass - Trump, Biden, And…
Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns Hardcover R824 R731 Discovery Miles 7 310
Politics and the Environment - From…
James Connelly, Graham Smith, … Paperback  (1)
R1,667 Discovery Miles 16 670
The Premonition - A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis Hardcover R815 R722 Discovery Miles 7 220
Landslide - The Final Days Of The Trump…
Michael Wolff Paperback R296 Discovery Miles 2 960
Public Policymaking
James E. Anderson Paperback R1,242 R1,154 Discovery Miles 11 540
Rights To Land - A Guide To Tenure…
William Beinart, Peter Delius, … Paperback  (1)
R240 R222 Discovery Miles 2 220
The Great Pretenders - Race And Class…
Ebrahim Harvey Paperback  (1)
R320 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950
Namibian governance - A public…
C. Keyter Paperback R594 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560
The Perfect Dictatorship – China in…
Stein Ringen Hardcover R1,638 Discovery Miles 16 380
Governors, Politics, and the Colonial…
Gavin Ure Hardcover R1,220 R915 Discovery Miles 9 150
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy…
Fritz W. Scharpf, Vivien A. Schmidt Hardcover R6,369 Discovery Miles 63 690

See more

Partners