Defining public goods : an institutional approach to community-building and negotiating inter-community conflict /
"Through the lens of an economist's notion of public goods, David J. O'Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. This macro-level Institutional approach requires a precise definition of the specific w...
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| Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina |
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Cheltenham :
Edward Elgar Publishing,
2021
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| On-line přístup: | Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU |
| Příbuzné jednotky: | Tištěná verze::
Defining public goods : an institutional approach to community-building and negotiating inter-community conflict |
| Shrnutí: | "Through the lens of an economist's notion of public goods, David J. O'Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. This macro-level Institutional approach requires a precise definition of the specific ways in which community-level challenges can negatively affect a larger voting public. The author describes in detail how seemingly intractable community-level problems and inter-community conflicts have been substantially reduced by framing them in terms of the self-interest of a larger polity. Examples include the Federalist papers, written in defense of the US Constitution, New Deal institutions created during the Great Depression, the post-World War II European Union, and more recent macro-level institutional changes that are assisting, in varying degrees, rural community sustainability in the US, Kenya, Rwanda and Russia. O'Brien's extensive community-level research experience in urban and rural communities that covers multiple historical periods, will appeal to inter-disciplinary social scientists, development specialists and persons looking for a hopeful, practical approach to solving the challenges of globalization"-- |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online zdroj (xi, 163 stran) |
| Bibliografie: | Obsahuje bibliografii a rejstřík |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80088-543-1 |