Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Volume 3, Transformations in Values, Norms, Cultures: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress
Cambridge University Press, 7/19/2018
EAN 9781108436342, ISBN10: 110843634X
Paperback, 350 pages, 27.9 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This is the third of three volumes containing a report from the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). The IPSP is an independent association of top research scholars with the goal of assessing methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Written in accessible language by scholars across the social sciences and humanities, these volumes assess the achievements of world societies in past centuries, the current trends, the dangers that we are now facing, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century. It covers the main socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social progress, global as well as regional issues, and the diversity of challenges and their interplay around the world. This particular volume covers topics such as world cultures and religions, families, global health, education, and the contributions of social sciences to institutional change.
Introduction to Volume 3
15. Social progress and cultural change
16. Religions and social progress
critical assessments and creative partnerships
17. Pluralization of families
18. Global health and the changing contours of human life
19. The contribution of education to social progress
20. Belonging
21. The Multiple directions of social progress
ways forward
22. The contribution of the social sciences to policy and institutional change
Authors
Index.