ISBN: 9798249839406 - social systems on a human scale: a story of governance, community, and what makes societies work (the first economy) (10 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. What kills a town when nothing is technically wrong?Across the country, communities with balanced budgets and functional institutions are quietly losing something more essential: participation, trust, and the ability to govern themselves. The problem isn't corruption or apathy. It's scale.In The Human Scale, journalist Eleanor McCartney and marine biologist Dr. Charles Morrison uncover a powerful pattern shared by thriving towns, collapsing communities, and even animal societies: collective systems only work when they operate at a scale humans can actually inhabit. Drawing on three years of research across seventy-four communities-and an unexpected parallel from seal colonies-the authors reveal why well-intentioned reforms so often produce disengagement instead of resilience.Through vivid stories and clear analysis, The Human Scale identifies eight proven principles of human-scaled governance, including local decision-making, relational density, short feedback loops, adaptive systems, and legitimacy as the foundation of civic life. These principles are not ideological preferences. They are functional requirements-present wherever communities thrive and absent wherever they fail.This is not a call to nostalgia or small-town romanticism. It is a practical, evidence-based guide to designing institutions that fit human limits rather than overriding them.At a moment of widespread institutional distrust, The Human Scale offers a clear message: the future of collective life depends not on better intentions, but on better structure-built at the scale of human beings. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. What kills a town when nothing is technically wrong?Across the country, communities with balanced budgets and functional institutions are quietly losing something more essential: participation, trust, and the ability to govern themselves. The problem isn't corruption or apathy. It's scale.In The Human Scale, journalist Eleanor McCartney and marine biologist Dr. Charles Morrison uncover a powerful pattern shared by thriving towns, collapsing communities, and even animal societies: collective systems only work when they operate at a scale humans can actually inhabit. Drawing on three years of research across seventy-four communities-and an unexpected parallel from seal colonies-the authors reveal why well-intentioned reforms so often produce disengagement instead of resilience.Through vivid stories and clear analysis, The Human Scale identifies eight proven principles of human-scaled governance, including local decision-making, relational density, short feedback loops, adaptive systems, and legitimacy as the foundation of civic life. These principles are not ideological preferences. They are functional requirements-present wherever communities thrive and absent wherever they fail.This is not a call to nostalgia or small-town romanticism. It is a practical, evidence-based guide to designing institutions that fit human limits rather than overriding them.At a moment of widespread institutional distrust, The Human Scale offers a clear message: the future of collective life depends not on better intentions, but on better structure-built at the scale of human beings. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…