The Communitarian Movement

Gerardo Rivera Ungson and Sixto K. Roxas

Chapter 9 in From Alleviation to Empowerment:Ruminations on Poverty, Capitalism, and Communities, 2026, pp 199-223 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Managerial capitalism (or the current form of free-market orthodoxy), it is argued, has limitations and flaws, but is there any better alternative? The mounting chorus of criticisms against managerial capitalism has led to two groups. The first comprises seekers who acknowledge the failings of the system but see its improvement and reformulation as the favored and realistic path to reform. This group invokes a “gentler” form of capitalism that retains the benefits from economic growth and prosperity but can also be improved with moral underpinnings. This group includes economists and like-minded reformists from business schools. A new interest in communities as a viable partner or a “third force” in human development comprises the second group. For individuals in this group, managerial capitalism is so flawed that only a radical societal restructuring can resolve the problem. They consider incremental changes in managerial philosophy to be ineffective. Though their arguments are nuanced, all share a deep concern that something is fundamentally wrong with the current market system and that some revival of communities is needed to resolve this problem…

Keywords: Poverty; Poverty Alleviation; Poverty Eradication; Inter-generational Poverty; Environmental Degradation; Sustainable Development; Community Empowerment; Social Accounting; Human Settlements; Development Economics; Unsustainable Development; Ecological Sustainability; Capitalism; Free Market; Economic Orthodoxy; Classical Economics: Marx; Radical Economics; Bretton Woods; Sectoral Development; Sectoral Specializations; Neo-liberalism; Enterprise Management; Modern Corporation; Modern Enterprises; Microfinance; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprises; Capacity Building; Conditional Cash Transfer; Mainstream Growth Theory; Biogenesis; Mechanistic Worldview; Jurgen Habermas; Spectrum of Consciousness; Communitarian Movement; Moral Capitalism; Humane Economy; Enterprise Logic; Communitarian Logic; Ekistics; Enterprise Accounting; Community-based Accounting System; Social Accounting; Valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 O15 O18 Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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