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OverviewWorking Alternatives explores economic life from a humanistic and multidisciplinary perspective, with a particular eye on religions' implications in practices of work, management, supply, production, remuneration, and exchange. Its contributors draw upon historical, ethical, business, and theological conversations considering the sources of economic sustainability and justice. The essays in this book-from scholars of business, religious ethics, and history-offer readers practical understanding and analytical leverage over these pressing issues. Modern Catholic social teaching-a 125-year-old effort to apply Christian thinking about the implications of faith for social, political, and economic circumstances-provides the key springboard for these discussions. Contributors: Gerald J. Beyer, Alison Collis Greene, Kathleen Holscher, Michael Naughton, Michael Pirson, Nicholas Rademacher, Vincent Stanley, Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar, Kirsten Swinth, Sandra Waddock Full Product DetailsAuthor: John C. Seitz , Christine Firer Hinze , Gerald J. Beyer , Alison Colis GreenePublisher: Fordham University Press Imprint: Fordham University Press ISBN: 9780823288342ISBN 10: 082328834 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 07 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction John C. Seitz and Christine Firer Hinze | 1 PART I: SEEING DIFFERENTLY: ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF ECONOMY AND WORK The Care Economy as Alternative Economy Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar | 21 An Integral Ecology as the Ground for Good Business: Connecting Institutional Life in Light of Catholic Social Teachings Michael Naughton | 45 Inaugurating a “Bold Cultural Revolution” through Prayer and Work Nicholas Rademacher | 71 Generative Businesses Fostering Vitality: Rethinking Businesses’ Relationship to the World Sandra Waddock | 96 PART II: VALUING DIFFERENTLY: CHALLENGING WORK AND BUSINESS AS USUAL The Homemaker as Worker: Second Wave American Feminist Campaigns to Value Housework Kirsten Swinth | 121 Curing the “Disease” in Corporatized Higher Education: Prescriptions from the Catholic Social Tradition Gerald J. Beyer | 148 Working Alternatives: From Capitalism to Humanistic Management? Michael Pirson | 189 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 Kathleen Holscher | 225 Southern Christian Work Camps and a Cold War Campaign for Racial and Economic Justice Alison Collis Greene | 253 Meaningful Work in a Time of Crisis Vincent Stanley | 280 List of Contributors | 305 Index | 309Reviews"This is an excellent exploration of solutions to problems and issues of work and economics. Highly recommended.-- ""Choice"" 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 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 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 Author InformationJohn C. Seitz (Edited By) John C. Seitz is a scholar of U.S. religion. He serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and as an Associate Director for the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University. Dr. Christine Firer Hinze (Edited By) Christine Firer Hinze is Professor of Theology and Director of the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |