 Steps towards Maturing — from Compulsion to ConsentPeter Askonas Chapter 18 in Welfare and Values, 1997, pp 197-210 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Several contributors to this book have argued that the ‘gap’ is a symptom of a fundamental imbalance in our economic and political structures. Only radical reordering will provide the conditions for dealing with that symptom effectively. How such reordering could be made to happen in the face of countervailing domestic and global pressures is left an open question. History demonstrates that radical change is usually not a comfortable process. Nor is it the product of balanced deliberations. More probably, major upheavals will follow when justice and fairness become ostensibly distorted or when economic well-being is imbalanced to an intolerable degree. For example, the continuing shift of employment, prosperity and power from West to East could result in such an event. And we could go on to speculate whether, in consequence, this or some other calamity might impose mutual support as essential for tolerable survival — and thereby resolve unexpectedly the issue which this book considers. Will this be the way ahead? Keywords: Cash Holding; Civic Responsibility; Fiscal Revenue; Major Upheaval; Tolerable Survival (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25547-4_19 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25547-4_19 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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