A good society: A critical reflection

Goldstraw, Katy; Diamond, John

doi:10.1177/0269094218803550

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“…This paper utilises research conducted during a research project with UK civil society organisations, examining what is a good society and considering civil society’s response to poverty and inequality (Goldstraw and Diamond, 2017). The research deliberately chose to use a qualitative, iterative, creative conversational approach to the research methodology in order to fully consider what a good society might look like from as wide a variety of perspectives as possible.…”

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“…The focus groups were deliberately iterative. Interim reports (Goldstraw and Diamond, 2017) were written and published throughout the project and a variety of visual images were developed and shared as part of coding the iterative development of themes and the development of emerging conclusions.…”

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Using creativity to envision a good society

Goldstraw

2018

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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This paper considers research into civil society’s visions of a good society. In the context of this research, a good society was understood to be visions for society that included a variety of alternatives to the current neoliberal hegemony. These visions of a good society ranged from increased state intervention to place-based community level visions for society. Creative challenges were developed using creative participatory research approaches which are described below. These were framed around three core requests to civil society: to grow, encourage and converse. These core requests aim to empower the development of a broad solidarity of human values. This paper uses the theoretical perspectives of cultural, social, community and human capitals (Bourdieu, 1984; Flora and Flora, 2008; Putnam, 1995) to critically evaluate the creative challenges that have been developed by participatory research with civil society groups. The paper seeks to critically evaluate civil society’s visions of a good society, and to frame a counter-narrative to neoliberalism, which reflect creative challenges; to grow and encourage a civil society ‘field’ (Bourdieu, 1984).

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Using creativity to envision a good society

Goldstraw

2018

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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“…On the basic question of what in the 21st century constitutes a Good Society, there is no clear answer. For example, drawing on research with civil society groups Goldstraw and Diamond (2017) posit three potential, and mutually exclusive, visions of a Good Society. For Wilson and Bloomfield (2011), building a Good Society is about a new form of progressive politics while Knight (2017) contends that a Good Society requires creative methods to engage people to develop new ideas and approaches.…”

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Locally grounded principles for a Good Society

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Somra²

2018

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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There is a revival of interest in the notion of a Good Society, within the context of the search for an alternative to neoliberal hegemony, but the concept remains imprecise. One way to provide greater clarity is to focus on underpinning principles. Attempts to date have largely taken a top-down approach. This article provides a new perspective by considering principles that should underpin a Good Society from a local, grounded perspective. It draws on research with people on low incomes from Black and Minority Ethnic groups, whose voice is rarely heard in debate. Findings include differences with more top-down approaches but also points of resonance. It is argued that developing a more robust construct of a Good Society with potential for broad appeal, requires linking principles to the realities of the lives of marginalised and disadvantaged groups, and with process a key consideration.

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A good society: A critical reflection

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Using creativity to envision a good society

Using creativity to envision a good society

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