Book contents
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Future is in Our Hands
- Part I Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope
- 1 Global Successes and Looming Catastrophes
- 2 Globalization and Technology: Choices and Contingencies
- 3 The Expanding Circle of Respect and Dignity
- 4 The Big Challenge
- Part II Acting for Social Progress
- Conclusion: Mobilizing Change-Makers
- Appendix: Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress – Table of Contents
- References
- Index
2 - Globalization and Technology: Choices and Contingencies
from Part I - Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2018
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Book contents
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Future is in Our Hands
- Part I Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope
- 1 Global Successes and Looming Catastrophes
- 2 Globalization and Technology: Choices and Contingencies
- 3 The Expanding Circle of Respect and Dignity
- 4 The Big Challenge
- Part II Acting for Social Progress
- Conclusion: Mobilizing Change-Makers
- Appendix: Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress – Table of Contents
- References
- Index
Summary
Globalization and technology are key drivers of the current social trends, but they are actually determined by institutions and policies which can be altered to render them more friendly to the less advantaged social groups.
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- A Manifesto for Social ProgressIdeas for a Better Society, pp. 43 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018