Table of contents
Local communities, conservation and sustainability: Institutional change, altered governance and Kant’s social philosophy
Clem TisdellGlobalization has been accompanied by disintegration of local communities and loss of sense of community. These changes have entailed considerable socio‐economic cost. Kant’s…
Feminist consciousness and community development
Sheldon WeinExplores the prospects for constructing a feminist contractarian moral theory. Argues that the social contractarianism championed by John Rawls and feminized by Susan Okin is…
The ignored question of workplace democracy in political discourse
Jon D. WismanReports that although there has been significant progress towards greater worker participation and even fuller forms of workplace democracy in recent decades, its potential is all…
The Mondragon co‐operative complex: an application of Kantian ethics to social economics
Mark A. LutzRemarks that Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative, admonishing us not to treat others as mere means, can be seen to pave the way for an ethics of worker ownership, where the…
Explaining the success of community and informal economies: Shared altruistic values or effective social control?
Volker Nienhaus, Ralf BrauksiepePosits that the disappointing results of external and formal development aid in recent decades have drawn increasing attention to co‐operatives and other community or informal…
A policy‐theoretic analysis of sample survey of the Mi’kmaq People of Cape Breton in the light of the knowledge‐based world view
Masudul Alam Choudhury, Hanapi Mohammad NoorCarries out a statistical and economic analysis of socio‐economic survey results on the Mi’kmaq People of Cape Breton in the light of the criterion of the social wellbeing…
Partnership financing of microenterprises
Muhammad Ramzan AkhtarReviews the progress of the institutions relating to financing of the microenterprises. Proposes a participatory financing scheme as an alternative to the interest‐based lending…
The experience of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh in community development
M. Kabir Hassan, Luis Renteria‐GuerreroExamines critically the Grameen Bank (GB) experience in Bangladesh in order to understand the essential elements of its operations. Reports that this unique financial institution…
Urban development and urban poverty in Malaysia
Chamhuri Siwar, Mohd. Yusof KasimReports that urban poverty in Malaysia is not considered a serious phenomenon; however, rapid urbanization and industrialization is expected to bring in rural migrants into urban…
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- Professor Terence Garrett