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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Working alternatives. New York : Fordham University Press, 2020 (DLC) 2020000606 (OCoLC)1117919406 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John C Seitz; Christine Firer Hinze |
ISBN: | 9780823288366 0823288366 0823288374 9780823288373 |
OCLC Number: | 1227702214 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Contents: | Cover -- Working Alternatives -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. SEEING DIFFERENTLY: ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF ECONOMY AND WORK -- The Care Economy as Alternative Economy -- An Integral Ecology as the Ground for Good Business: Connecting Institutional Life in Light of Catholic Social Teachings -- Inaugurating a "Bold Cultural Revolution" through Prayer and Work -- Generative Businesses Fostering Vitality: Rethinking Businesses' Relationship to the World -- PART II. VALUING DIFFERENTLY: CHALLENGING WORK AND BUSINESS AS USUAL The Homemaker as Worker: Second Wave American Feminist Campaigns to Value Housework -- Curing the "Disease" in Corporatized Higher Education: Prescriptions from the Catholic Social Tradition -- Working Alternatives: From Capitalism to Humanistic Management? -- PART III. PRACTICING DIFFERENTLY: CREATING ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF WORKING -- The "Dignity of Motherhood" Demands Something Different: A Catholic Experiment in Reproductive Care in New Mexico -- Southern Christian Work Camps and a Cold War Campaign for Racial and Economic Justice -- Meaningful Work in a Time of Crisis -- List of Contributors |
Series Title: | Catholic practice in North America; Catholic practice in North America. |
Responsibility: | John C. Seitz and Christine Firer Hinze, editors. |
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John Seitz and Christine Firer Hinze have produced a multi-disciplinary collection of essays exploring creatively the character of work. The personal commitments of the authors and the diversity of contexts they address - from business to university to the unpaid work of care-givers - provide the reader with a wide range of insights for understanding and transforming work in the 21st century. -- Daniel Finn, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Working Alternatives' practical and pluralistic approach to economic justice is an original and important intervention for equality and change. It overcomes a longstanding pitfall of Catholic social teaching: grand schemes and moral appeals that lack traction against powerful interests that benefit from the status quo. These authors show how creative local efforts can rebalance economic power, even if a major overhaul of market capitalism is still aspirational. If you have ever felt that Catholic economic thought involves a lot more exhortation than it does realistic plans of action, this book will give you renewed energy and hope. -- Lisa Sowle Cahill, Monan Professor of Theology, Boston College This is an excellent exploration of solutions to problems and issues of work and economics. Highly recommended. * Choice * Read more...

