Rethinking the state in the context of financial, environmental and social chaos
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Abstract:
In our rapid changing societies social change and innovation are occurring in a rather autonomous way. At the end of the process, it is often the state that codifies what society has already developed and accepted. It seems that we will need a lot of innovation and social transformation in order to cope with the challenges of new scarcities, climate change, migration and demographic changes such as aging populations in Western world and population growth in developing countries. What role has the state, if any, in these
processes of social change and innovation? And what kind of state? In other words, how should the state itself be the object, as well as the subject, of social change?
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In our rapid changing societies social change and innovation are occurring in a rather autonomous way. At the end of the process, it is often the state that codifies what society has already developed and accepted. It seems that we will need a lot of innovation and social transformation in order to cope with the challenges of new scarcities, climate change, migration and demographic changes such as aging populations in Western world and population growth in developing countries. What role has the state, if any, in these
processes of social change and innovation? And what kind of state? In other words, how should the state itself be the object, as well as the subject, of social change?
Authors:
Wainwright, H.
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Wainwright, H.
Series Title:
SID-NL Lecture Series 2011-2012 : “The State in a Globalizing World. Problematic, yet indispensable”
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SID-NL Lecture Series 2011-2012 : “The State in a Globalizing World. Problematic, yet indispensable”
Category:
General
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General
Keywords:
globalization
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social development
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political conditions
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globalization
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social development
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political conditions
Language:
eng
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eng
Organization:
SID NL - Society for International Development Netherlands Chapter
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SID NL - Society for International Development Netherlands Chapter
PAGE:
4
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4
Place:
[The Hague]
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[The Hague]
Publisher:
SID NL
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SID NL
Year:
2012
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2012
Region:
Global
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Global
Right:
© 2012 SID NL
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© 2012 SID NL
Subject:
Social and Political Change
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Social and Political Change
Title:
Rethinking the state in the context of financial, environmental and social chaos
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Rethinking the state in the context of financial, environmental and social chaos