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Human Needs and Politics

  • 1 Edición - 1 de enero de 1977
  • Última edición
  • Editor: Ross Fitzgerald
  • Idioma: Inglés

Human Needs and Politics is a collection of papers that examines the intercorrelation between political trends and the fulfillment of society’s human needs. The title discusses… Leer más

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Human Needs and Politics is a collection of papers that examines the intercorrelation between political trends and the fulfillment of society’s human needs. The title discusses the concepts of human needs, wants, and politics. Next, the selection details some theories that will shed light into the mechanisms of human needs-politics interaction. The text also reviews Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, along with Marx’s opinion on human needs. The book will be of great interest to political scientists, sociologists, and behavioral scientists.

Índice


Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Introduction


1 Human Needs and Political Education


2 Needs and Wants: an Ontological or Historical Problem?


3 Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs — An Exposition and Evaluation


4 Human Needs and Political Analysis: An Examination of a Framework


5 The Development of Individuals and the Development of Polities


6 Human Needs Constraining Political Activity


7 Metapsychology, Politics, and Human Needs


8 True Needs, Rationality and Emancipation


9 Karl Marx on Human Needs


10 Politics and the Need for Meaning


11 The Ambiguity and Rhetoric of 'Need'


12 Wants or Needs, Choices or Commands


13 The Politics of Needs — or, Who Needs Politics?


14 The Quest for a Concept of Needs

Selected Bibliography

Index

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 1 de enero de 1977
  • Idioma: Inglés