A New Social Contract: Substituting the Neoliberal Public Policy Paradigm with a Participatory Public Policy Paradigm |
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Authors: | Jaap Geerlof |
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Institution: | California Institute of Integral Studies, Nieuwkoop, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Peter Hall introduced the concept of paradigm shifts into the public policy discourse. His account explains the seismic transition the world experienced in the 1980s. With this neoliberal paradigm the former social contract between the public leadership and the people unraveled and the future of humanity has been put at risk. To steer humanity back in the direction of a sustainable future, the author argues for a participatory public policy paradigm instituted as a reinvention of Rousseau’s social contract theory with tree distinct features that respond to the complexity of life in modern times. |
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Keywords: | Degrowth equality and sustainability enlightenment philosophy neoliberal capitalism public policy paradigm social contract |
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