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Socioeconomic Democracy Book Now Available by GeorgeCSDS 26 August 2002 17:55 UTC |
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Dear Friends: The purpose of this communication is to announce the publication and present availability of the new book entitled Socioeconomic Democracy: An Advanced Socioeconomic System. Socioeconomic Democracy (SeD) is a theoretical model socioeconomic system wherein there exist both some form of Universal Guaranteed Personal Income (UGI) and some form of Maximum Allowable Personal Wealth (MAW), with both the lower bound on personal material poverty and the upper bound on personal material wealth set and adjusted democratically by all participants of society. The Table of Contents is as follows: PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1 SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY: THE THEORETICAL MODEL 2 UNIVERSAL GUARANTEED PERSONAL INCOME 3 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PERSONAL WEALTH 4 DEMOCRACY 5 SOCIETAL VARIATIONS 6 JUSTIFICATIONS 7 SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM 8 INCENTIVE AND SELF-INTEREST 9 PRACTICAL APPROXIMATIONS 10 FINANCIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS 11 PHYSICAL REALIZABILITY, FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION 12 RAMIFICATIONS APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX It is (or at least should be) clear that this planet desperately needs a new, improved and fundamentally democratized socioeconomic system. The book will be of interest to (among others) all those who are seriously concerned about the multidimensional unnecessary harm (to individuals, societies, cultures and the planet at large) caused by the extreme systemic maldistribution of material wealth intra- and internationally and who are convinced that this problem should and can only be resolved democratically and peacefully by an informed, thoughtful citizenry. The book will be found appropriate for courses in economics, political science, sociology, political philosophy, utopian studies, futures studies, psychology and, perhaps most importantly, democratic socioeconomic systems engineering. The book is extensively described on our website. The book is published by and available from Praeger/Greenwood, as well as from e-Amazon and e-Barnes & Noble, and certainly should be available in your friendly local bookstore and library. The Praeger/Greenwood coordinates are: Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Group 88 Post Road West PO Box 5007 Westport, CT 06881-5007 <http://www.greenwood.com> The Center for the Study of Democratic Societies (CSDS) is a research and educational institution (founded in 1969) dedicated to the examination and explanation of the properties and possibilities of democratic societies and democratic socioeconomic systems. You are cordially invited to visit our website, where you will find much more about the theory and practice of Socioeconomic Democracy, an invitation to our Study Programs in Socioeconomic Democracy, and a much needed break from all this serious stuff on our Lighter Side pages. We are also available for presentations about Socioeconomic Democracy, from brief lectures to extended workshops. If you find any of the material there (or here, for that matter) of interest, we would be happy to hear from you and explore future possibilities with you. If you have friends or e-lists that you think might be interested in this message, please feel free to forward it to them. Thank you, Robley E. George, Director Center for the Study of Democratic Societies <http://www.centersds.com>
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