{"product_id":"digging-out-charles-and-steve-clark-9781462019861","title":"Digging Out: Global Crisis and the Search for a New Social Contract","description":"In hard times, dissension mounts.\u003cbr\u003e The old social contract flounders and cannot be revived.\u003cbr\u003e Forces of reaction assert themselves.\u003cbr\u003e Danger intensifies.\u003cbr\u003e In dark times, opportunity appears.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuch is our time. It is time to debate and define the next social contract, to articulate its political aims and action plan. It is time to change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDigging Out: Global Crisis and the Search for a New Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e, two brothers from the social and environmental justice movements engage this debate with a revolutionary proposal rooted in the power dynamics of the world's rising service-based economy. They provide a theoretical framework to reinterpret and address festering world problems through local and global initiatives. They urge cultural reinvigoration to deploy our social skills and innovation in service of others. Their proposal confirms the leading role of civil society, and it calls for a worldwide commercial transaction fee to curb financial speculation while adequately and permanently funding a sustainable future. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigging Out\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new social contract to advance economic security, social justice, and ecological restoration worldwide. It is a clarion call, urging us to unite and demand the changes necessary for a better tomorrow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles And Steve Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462019862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462019861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Charles And Steve Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439253074175,"sku":"9781462019861","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93e57014-aafe-4bcf-afbc-b065516a3b3f.jpg?v=1777176434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digging-out-charles-and-steve-clark-9781462019861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}