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Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy
examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy
through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the
social contract. Building on the author's previous work, this book
discusses whether social progress is linear and on a continual
upward trajectory to human betterment, or if there are peaks and
troughs along the way. More importantly, it questions that, if
social progress exists, is it compatible with social and
environmental sustainability? At the outset the book introduces the
concepts of social contract theory and the idea of human social
progress, long considered to be settled conditions, now ripe for
further examination. Each chapter carefully analyses the
contemporary struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, using
examples from the USA as a foundation to discuss and compare
democracies from around the world encountering the pressures of
rising authoritarianism, including anti-immigration, xenophobia and
anti-institutionalism. It argues that if the climate crisis is to
be urgently addressed as required, the rise in authoritarian
thinking, with its focus on maintaining power and the creation of
individual wealth, presents a challenge to both our societal
foundations and environmental sustainability. Highlighting and
analysing topics of critical importance to today's society, this
book will have widespread appeal to academics, researchers and
postgraduate students throughout the social sciences including
sociology, political science, philosophy, environmental
sustainability and development studies.
The greatest problems facing humanity today are climate change,
poverty, and the increasing separation between the rich and poor.
The aim of this book is to examine the social constructions that
have led to these breakdowns, and provide potential solutions that
are based on a fundamental change in the structure of society and
the values on which a new and better social system can be built.
Unless we as a society set a drastically different course soon,
human life as we know it will suffer greatly, perhaps even cease
altogether. Excess consumption is becoming anti-social as the
effects of global warming and increasing poverty become apparent.
What, then, will form the new social values on which society
replaces the present emphasis on work and material consumption that
now prevail? This book's answer to that question is accomplishment
and aesthetic consumption. This proposed refocused existence will
necessitate a new economic order that provides access to a
livelihood beyond the market system. This groundbreaking book will
appeal to students and scholars of sociology, leisure studies,
political science, and social work.
A New World-System: From Chaos to Sustainability examines the
present crisis in the social and ecological environment that is
producing profound, potentially catastrophic challenges to the
planet and humanity and outlines a process for moving forward to
address these critical issues. This book is a cautionary
interpretation of the present and vision for the future. Unlike
other books on this or allied subjects that are focused singularly,
Part 1 surveys the five major threats facing humanity today:
climate change, inequality and poverty, new technologies,
migration, and globalization. It approaches the challenge of
integrating these phenomena into a global picture from a systems
perspective rather than taking a purely reductionist approach to
understanding what is occurring in the world today. Part 2 moves
from identifying the problems to solving them, with chapters
examining the ability of the present world-system to address these
issues and outlining a process for action. The book concludes by
discussing what could follow capitalism as a social organizing
strategy and, perhaps more importantly, the consequences to the
planet if we do not construct a new world-system. This book is
essential reading for students and scholars of sustainable
development, climate change, environmental studies, rural and urban
planning, environmental psychology, political economy, sociology,
social policy, leisure studies, and environmental politics. More
broadly, it is a vital resource for all those interested in
building a sustainable society.
The greatest problems facing humanity today are climate change,
poverty, and the increasing separation between the rich and poor.
The aim of this book is to examine the social constructions that
have led to these breakdowns, and provide potential solutions that
are based on a fundamental change in the structure of society and
the values on which a new and better social system can be built.
Unless we as a society set a drastically different course soon,
human life as we know it will suffer greatly, perhaps even cease
altogether. Excess consumption is becoming anti-social as the
effects of global warming and increasing poverty become apparent.
What, then, will form the new social values on which society
replaces the present emphasis on work and material consumption that
now prevail? This book's answer to that question is accomplishment
and aesthetic consumption. This proposed refocused existence will
necessitate a new economic order that provides access to a
livelihood beyond the market system. This groundbreaking book will
appeal to students and scholars of sociology, leisure studies,
political science, and social work.
A New World-System: From Chaos to Sustainability examines the
present crisis in the social and ecological environment that is
producing profound, potentially catastrophic challenges to the
planet and humanity and outlines a process for moving forward to
address these critical issues. This book is a cautionary
interpretation of the present and vision for the future. Unlike
other books on this or allied subjects that are focused singularly,
Part 1 surveys the five major threats facing humanity today:
climate change, inequality and poverty, new technologies,
migration, and globalization. It approaches the challenge of
integrating these phenomena into a global picture from a systems
perspective rather than taking a purely reductionist approach to
understanding what is occurring in the world today. Part 2 moves
from identifying the problems to solving them, with chapters
examining the ability of the present world-system to address these
issues and outlining a process for action. The book concludes by
discussing what could follow capitalism as a social organizing
strategy and, perhaps more importantly, the consequences to the
planet if we do not construct a new world-system. This book is
essential reading for students and scholars of sustainable
development, climate change, environmental studies, rural and urban
planning, environmental psychology, political economy, sociology,
social policy, leisure studies, and environmental politics. More
broadly, it is a vital resource for all those interested in
building a sustainable society.
Rural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most
influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are
the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and
political change working to redefine rural spaces the world over,
but broad global transformations in consumption and transportation
patterns are reshaping leisure behaviour and travel. For those
concerned with both the nature of change in rural areas and tourism
development, the dynamics and impacts of integrating these two
dramatic shifts are not well known but yet are becoming
increasingly provocative discourses for study. This book links
changes at the local, rural community level to broader, more
structural considerations of globalization and allows for a deeper,
more theoretically sophisticated consideration of the various
forces and features of rural tourism development. While Canadian in
content, the cases and discussions presented in this book can be
considered generally relevant to any rural region, continentally
and globally, that has undertaken or is considering rural tourism
development.
Tourism is booming world wide - it makes up a massive part of the
global economy. Donald G. Reid's book focuses on tourism in
developing and less-developed countries. He examines its social and
environmental impact and offers a timely critical analysis of the
part it plays in globalisation. Many of the world's poorest
countries rely on the tourist trade for the major part of their
income. However, all too often, the local communities involved do
not reap the benefits of this trade. Developers often exclude local
communities from the initial planning and decision-making process,
viewing them either as a benign resource to be exploited, or as an
impediment. This is a rigourous critique of corporate-led tourism
development, which lays out alternatives for planning and control
to the local communities. It argues that only in this way can the
vastly differing requirements of each community be addressed, and
social and environmental issues can be dealt with properly. The
book includes a discussion of macro planning theory, and offers
three case studies of locally controlled projects that show clearly
how communities developing a tourist trade can benefit.
Tourism is increasingly viewed by African governments and others as
an economic sector which has great unexplored potential for earning
foreign currency. It is also recognised that uncontrolled tourism
development has the potential to affect the environment and local
communities adversely. This book reports on a series of research
case studies from Eastern and Southern Africa that explore the
benefits of tourism to local communities while protecting their
environmental resource. Each chapter includes a short description
of the methodology which provides a guide for those contemplating
future research projects in ecotourism in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Tourism is booming world wide - it makes up a massive part of the
global economy. Donald G. Reid's book focuses on tourism in
developing and less-developed countries. He examines its social and
environmental impact and offers a timely critical analysis of the
part it plays in globalisation. Many of the world's poorest
countries rely on the tourist trade for the major part of their
income. However, all too often, the local communities involved do
not reap the benefits of this trade. Developers often exclude local
communities from the initial planning and decision-making process,
viewing them either as a benign resource to be exploited, or as an
impediment. This is a rigourous critique of corporate-led tourism
development, which lays out alternatives for planning and control
to the local communities. It argues that only in this way can the
vastly differing requirements of each community be addressed, and
social and environmental issues can be dealt with properly. The
book includes a discussion of macro planning theory, and offers
three case studies of locally controlled projects that show clearly
how communities developing a tourist trade can benefit.
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