Description: Beyond Individualism by Michael J. Piore Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Michael Piore develops a new social theory that balances individual preferences against the claims and responsibilities of the community. By explaining the role of groups in economic and social life, this theory makes sense of a host of perplexing social phenomena and policy issues. Publisher Description The Reagan and Bush years have left us with a troublesome dilemma: how to balance our budget deficit against our social deficit. This book takes up the urgent question of how, in a time of economic crisis and constraint, we can meet the pent-up demand for spending on our nations neglected poor, infirm, and disadvantaged, old and young. Michael Piores ambitious response is to develop a new social theory that balances individual preferences against the claims and responsibilities of the community. By explaining the role of groups in economic and social life, this theory makes sense of a host of perplexing social phenomena and policy issues, from equal employment opportunity to international competitiveness to the decline of organized labor, from multicultural education to health insurance to the underclass.Piore traces our difficulties in addressing these issues to the limits of liberal social theory, particularly its sharp distinctions between individuality and community. He offers an alternative view of individuality as emerging through the discussions and debates conducted among a communitys members. These discussions, Piore suggests, have turned inward, away from the borderlands where social groups and economic organizations meet-and therein lies the crux of some of the countrys deepest political and economic problems. His book points beyond the liberal conception of politics as a negotiation among competing interests and of policymaking as technical decisionmaking. Instead, it prescribes a politics focused on the process of discussion and debate itself, a politics that enlarges the borderlands by broadening the range of people who talk to one another and the range of topics they address. Author Biography Michael J. Piore is David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Details ISBN 0674068971 ISBN-13 9780674068971 Title Beyond Individualism Author Michael J. Piore Format Hardcover Year 1995 Pages 220 Publisher Harvard University Press GE_Item_ID:17980062; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780674068971
Book Title: Beyond Individualism
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Publication Name: Beyond Individualism
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Subject: Political Process / General, Sociology / General, Social History, Public Policy / Social Policy, Economics / General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 1995
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Michael J. Piore
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
