Moore, Henrietta and Davies, Matthew and Mintchev, Nikolay and Woodcraft, Saffron (Eds).
(2023)
Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century sets out a new vision for prosperity in the twenty-first century and how it can be achieved for all. The volume challenges orthodox understandings of economic models, but goes beyond contemporary debates to show how social innovation drives economic value. Drawing on substantive research in the UK, Lebanon and Kenya, it develops new concepts, frameworks, models and metrics for prosperity across a wide range of contexts, emphasising commonalities and differences. Its distinctive approach goes beyond defining and measuring prosperity – addressing the debate about the failures of GDP – to formulating and describing what is needed to make prosperity a realisable proposition for specific people living in specific locales. Departing from general propositions about post-growth to delineate pathways to prosperity, the volume emphasises that visions of the good life are diverse and require empirical work co-designed with local communities and stakeholders to drive change. It is essential reading for policymakers who are stuck, local government officers who need new tools, activists who wonder what is next, academics in need of refreshment, and students and people of all ages who want a way forward.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century |
| ISBN: | 9781800084452 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800084452 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800084452 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800084452 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Moore, H., Davies, M., Mintchev, N. and Woodcraft, S. (eds). 2023. Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century: Concepts, models and metrics. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/ 10.14324/111. 9781800084452 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | prosperity, economics, social issues, poverty, unemployment, debt, social change, development |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10171690 |
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