by Bill Jordan (Author)
About this Book
This book addresses the disintegration of collective units of all kinds, under the twin pressures of economic globalisation and technological automation. At the level of super-states, the constituent nations of the European Union and the former Soviet Union, and of the United Kingdom, have demonstrated this dynamic; and their constituent groups, associations and communities have done so too. The author analyses the causes and consequences of these processes, at the global, national and local levels, the significance of increased mobility and migration, and the politics of resistance to some damaging effects. He recommends ways in which public policy can offset some of the latter, including radical changes in tax-benefits systems, already being trialled in several countries worldwide.
Brief Contents
1. Introduction
2. National and Regional Autonomy
3. Collapse of Collective Institutions
4. Minorities, Movement and Exclusion
5. Communities and Associations
6. Protest, Disorder and Social Control
7. Conclusions
Pages: 101 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2020 edition (March 23, 2020)
Language: English
ASIN: B086B7MW84
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