Synopses & Reviews
Promoting care, a sense of personal responsibility for the welfare of others, is one of society's primary moral challenges. A caring society is one in which care penetrates all major social institutions including the family, schools, places of work, and worship. The purpose of this book is to present pragmatic guidelines for individuals and groups who want to enhance the caring quality of the social institutions in which they participate. The authors propose principles whereby care can be infused in routine contexts and give real-life examples to illustrate how they have been successfully applied in a variety of social settings.
Review
"A bold mixture of developmental and social psychology with real-life experiences in education, business, and politics. The authors present actual cases of caring procedures that have worked, together with an analysis of the basic psychodynamic factors that encourage caring behavior. Calling upon competences in such diverse areas as moral education, conflict resolution, corporate ethics, and global thinking, this book, which reads fluently, is a major source for dealing with sexism, racism, and institutional tensions in a caring, just, and global manner." - David R. Blumenthal Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University
Synopsis
Delineates principles and practices for implementing care in the family, the schools, the workplace, and the place of worship.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-234) and index.
About the Author
PEARL M. OLINER is Professor of Education at Humboldt State University in California and research director for the Altruistic Personality and Prosocial Behavior Institute.SAMUEL P. OLINER is Professor of Sociology at Humboldt State University and project director for the Altruistic Personality and Prosocial Behavior Institute.
Table of Contents
Preface
In Pursuit of Care
Bonding
Empathizing
Learning Caring Norms
Practicing Care and Assuming Personal Responsibility
Diversifying
Networking
Resolving Conflicts
Making the Global Connection
Creating the Future
Bibliography
Index