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In
this first instalment of the three-volume Compass Programme for Renewal,
the authors give a startling picture of the reality of the UK today, and
provide clear directions on how to transform society for the better. This
book covers the major issues of contemporary politics, ranging across issues
such as poverty, time and ageing.
Despite growing wealth, more than 11 million people still live in poverty
in the UK. And while many of us are richer, instead of feeling happier we
tend to feel more insecure. We face what seem like uncontrollable issues,
such as climate change, a more competitive global economic marketplace,
and an ageing population. Our society is increasingly commercialised and
run in the interests of the well off.
The Good Society argues for a new politics to meet the challenges
we face to ensure that everyone can lead free and flourishing lives. Based
on the contributions of over forty leading thinkers, this is the Compass
vision of a politics that can end poverty and inequality, promote environmental
sustainability and replace the work ethic with a care ethic. It shows the
shape of things to come.
Volume
II in the Compass Programme for Renewal will be A New Political Economy
(ISBN 1 905007 50 7); Volume III will be Democracy and the Public
Realm (ISBN 1 905007 51 5).
Compass
is the democratic left pressure group whose goal is to debate and develop
the ideas for a more equal and
democratic society, and then campaign and organise to help ensure they become reality