Full Description
What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy?
In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of political discourse. Breaking down his analysis to examine collectivism through substantive, moral and methodological lenses, he reviews a series of arguments for cooperative effort, solidarity and collective responsibility. Taking a dispassionate and methodical approach, the author explores what collectivism means in social policy and what value it offers to the field.
Contents
Part I: Collectivism
Substantive collectivism: collectivism in practice
Methodological collectivism: social science and social policy
Moral collectivism
The individual and the collective
Community
Part II: Collective action for the common good
Government and collective action
Radical democracy
Collective values
Policies for the common good
The common weal
