A Common Good Approach to Development : : Collective Dynamics of Development Processes.

• Author: Nebel, Mathias.
• TeilnehmendeR: Garza-Vázquez, Oscar.; Sedmak, Clemens.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, UK : : Open Book Publishers,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 pages)

This edited collection proposes a common good approach to development theory and practice. Rather than focusing on the outcomes or conditions of development, the contributors concentrate on the quality of development processes, suggesting that a common good dynamic is key in order to trigger development.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Research Question -- 2. Why Do We Need a Common Good Approach? -- 3. A Common Good Approach to Development. Where Do We Stand? -- 4. Does a Common Good Approach to Development Undermines the Plurality of Modern Societies? -- 5. Why Measure Common Good Dynamics? -- 6. Structure of the Book -- References -- PART I: A COMMON GOOD APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT -- Introduction to Part I -- Aim of Part I -- To Whom Is it of Interest? -- Why Does it Matter? -- 1. The Theoretical Framework: Common Goods and Systems of Common Goods -- Reasserting the Notion of the Common Good in the Twenty-First Century -- 1. The Common Good Belongs to the Sphere of Action -- I. A Notion Implicit in All Public Action -- II. The Need to Act in Common: The Community Created by Common Action -- III. The Elements of Common Action -- 2. The Vocabulary of the Common Good -- I. The Social Good and the Shared Value of the Common Benefit -- II. The Good of Order and the Common Rationality it Creates -- III. A Specific Common Good -- IV. The Nexus of Common Goods -- 3. Aspiring to the Universal Common Good -- 4. The Common Good as the Dialectic of Politics -- I. The Conjunction of the Individual Good and the Good of the Community -- II. Wanting the Common Good -- III. The Dialectical Dynamic of the Common Good -- Conclusion: The Quality of Common Good Dynamics -- References -- 2. From Theory to Practice: A Matrix of Common Good Dynamics -- Part I: The Empirical Foundations of the Matrix -- I. Commons and Commoning -- II. Community-Based or Community-Driven Development Programmes -- III. Empirical Elements of the Matrix of Common Good Dynamics -- Part II: Toward a Matrix of Common Good Dynamics -- I. What Does the Matrix Capture? A Few Preliminary Remarks -- II. The Five Dimensions of the Matrix.

The Definition and Systemic Function of Each Dimension -- What Do We Mean by Collective Agency Freedom? -- And What about Governance? -- Justice as a Normative Driver of Common Good Dynamics -- The Dimension of Stability -- The Humanity Dimension -- III. A List of Basic Common Goods and Core Habitus -- A List of Basic Common Goods -- Which Set of Core Habitus? -- IV. A Relational Normativity: A Tool to Analyse Realities and Tell the Stories of Common Good Dynamics -- Conclusions -- References -- 3. Design and Reflection on the Metric of Common Dynamics -- Introduction -- 1. The Theoretical Foundations of the Survey -- 2. The Design of the Survey -- 3. The Dimensions of a Common Good Metric and Its Indicators -- I. Justice -- II. Stability -- III. Governance -- IV. Collective Agency Freedom -- V. Humanity -- 4. Discussion and Future Improvements -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- PART II: DISCUSSING THE NORMATIVE ELEMENTS OF COMMON GOOD DYNAMICS -- Introduction to Part II -- Aim of the Part II -- To Whom Is it of Interest? -- Why Does it Matter? -- 4. Collective Agency Freedom as the Engine of a Common Good Dynamic: A Conceptual Proposal for Measurement -- 1. Agency and Development -- 2. What Is Agency? -- 3. Agency as the Process Aspect of Freedom: Beyond the Goal One Pursues -- 4. Collective Agency as the Engine of a Common Good Approach -- 5. Measuring Collective Agency for the Common Good -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. The Systemic Outcome of Common Good Dynamics: Humanity -- 1. Being Human Together -- 2. On Reflections on Being Human -- 3. On Being Human -- 4. On Human Dignity -- 5. A Caveat -- 6. Indicators for Humanity -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Governance, Commoning and the Unequal Terms of Recognition -- 1. Common Goods in Economics Textbooks -- 2. There Is Such a Thing as Society -- 3. Ultimatum Game Experiments.

4. Entanglement in Cooperative Conflicts -- 5. A Discursive Layer of Inequality -- 6. Commoning, Recognition and Public (In)Action -- References -- 7. Organising Common Good Dynamics: Justice -- Introduction -- 1. The Common Good -- I. Social Welfare and the Common Good -- II. Public Goods and the Common Good -- III. The Nexus of the Common Good -- 2. Justice and the Common Good -- 3. Justice -- 4. Measuring Justice -- I. Justice as Freedom -- II. Justice as Equality of Results -- III. Justice as Equality of Opportunity -- 5. Towards a Local Survey to Measure Justice of the Common Good -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Development and Stability -- Introduction -- 1. The Stability Dimension -- 2. Stability: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- 3. Measuring the Stability of the Common Good Nexus -- 4. Stability Indicators: A Tentative Taxonomy -- Conclusion -- References -- PART III: CASE STUDIES AND APPLICATIONS -- Introduction to Part III -- Aim of Part III -- To Whom Is It of Interest? -- Why Does It Matter? -- 9. Do We Need a Common Good Approach to Development? -- 1. Let's Start with Two Stories -- A Changed Mindset -- References -- 10. Bangsamoro: A Case Study in Governing for the Common Good -- 1. History and Context of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao -- 2. Operationalising the Common Good: The Pentagram -- 3. Common Goods of the BARMM -- I. Justice -- II. Stability -- III. Governance -- IV. Agency -- V. Humanity -- 4. Indicators -- 5. Testing the Pentagram -- I. Religion -- II. Timeframe -- III. Integration of levels -- References -- 11. Assessing the Nexus of the Common Good: The Case of the Municipality of Atlixco, Mexico -- Introduction -- Revising Existing Governance Indicators -- The Common Good Pentagram (PCG) and the Subdimension Proposed to Measure Each of Its Five Key Normative Drivers -- Methodology and Objectives.

Description of the Municipality of Atlixco (State of Puebla, Mexico) -- Interpretation of PGC Dimensions in Atlixco -- Governance Dimension -- Agency Dimension -- Justice Dimension -- Humanity Dimension -- Stability Dimension -- Conclusions: Assessing Our Results -- References -- 12. Assessing the Transformative Impact of Love-Based Microsocial Communities: From Existential Peripheries into the Nexus of the Common Good -- 1. The Transformative Impact of Micro-Social Relationships -- 2. Assessing Microsocial Transformative Experiences: Three Case-Studies -- Casa-Famiglia Rosetta and Community Rehab for Addicted Persons -- II. 'Leaving the Prison before You Get Out': The GRIP Program -- Distance Support for African Schoolchildren: Does 'Feeling' Supported Improve Learning Outcomes? -- 3. Micro-Social Relations: The Incandescent Nucleus of Human Experience and the Nexus of the Common Good -- I. Agency Freedom, and the I-We Dynamism -- II. Justice and Love -- III. Forgiveness: Regenerating Social Bonds -- IV. Stability, Resilience and Care -- V. Humanity and Listing the Goods that Provide the Common Good -- Conclusion -- References -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- List of Tables -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 11 -- Index.