Working Alternatives : : American and Catholic Experiments in Work and Economy / / ed. by Christine Firer Hinze, John C. Seitz.

Working Alternatives explores economic life from a humanistic and multidisciplinary perspective, with a particular eye on religions' implications in practices of work, management, supply, production, remuneration, and exchange. Its contributors draw upon historical, ethical, business, and theol...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Catholic Practice in North America
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 8
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Seeing Differently: Alternative Visions of Economy and Work
  • The Care Economy as Alternative Economy
  • An Integral Ecology as the Ground for Good Business: Connecting Institutional Life in Light of Catholic Social Teachings
  • Inaugurating a "Bold Cultural Revolution" through Prayer and Work
  • Generative Businesses Fostering Vitality: Rethinking Businesses' Relationship to the World
  • Part II: Valuing Differently: Challenging Work and Business as Usual
  • The Homemaker as Worker: Second Wave American Feminist Campaigns to Value Housework
  • Curing the "Disease" in Corporatized Higher Education: Prescriptions from the Catholic Social Tradition
  • Working Alternatives: From Capitalism to Humanistic Management?
  • Part III: Practicing Differently: Creating Alternative Ways of Working
  • The "Dignity of Motherhood" Demands Something Diff erent: A Catholic Experiment in Reproductive Care in New Mexico
  • Southern Christian Work Camps and a Cold War Campaign for Racial and Economic Justice
  • Meaningful Work in a Time of Crisis
  • List of Contributors
  • Index