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

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

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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 develop...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (402 pages)
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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.

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