Social Demand and How to Provide for It

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An argument that the conception of the state must return to the idea that states exist to promote the social and economic interests of their citizens

Book Information

Release date	2016-06-16
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781925333688
Author:	Brian Ellis
Publisher:	Australian Scholarly Publishing

SKU: 451 Category: Politics

Description

PAMPHLETEER SERIES No. 2

A new dialogue is required. The conception of the state must return to the idea that states exist to promote the interests of their citizens. In all democratic states of this kind, there are two kinds of demand that have to be accommodated: social and economic. Social demand is not much discussed in neoliberal societies – but it could be discussed in societies that are in many ways very like the one in which we live today. Of course, it is incompatible with the corporate model of society – but it is not incompatible with the capitalist developmental model. It cannot be laissez faire growth, but it can be democratically targeted growth.