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The Road Towards DemocraCity

A Creative Approach to Transition in a Post-Development Based Society

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Authors:
  1. Marco Carcea

    1. Comune di Crotone (City Hall of Crotone), Crotone, Australia

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  • Provides a new perspective on this field of sustainability research by changing the etymology of the word resilience
  • Explores the road towards DemocraCity as a social thermometer that proves the importance of micro-behaviors and combinatorial effect in the journey towards resilient communities
  • Considers how the homo resaliens could be the key that rebalances the hierarchy between mankind and Nature

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Rise of a Virtuous Consciousness

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 15-55

  4. Providing a Concrete Alternative: The Transition Towards the Post-development

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 57-89

  5. The Application of Resilience for Human Community: From Theory to Practise

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 91-118

  6. Ethics, Degrowth, and Resilience: The Complexity of the Transition Path Towards DemocraCity

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 119-146

  7. Sic Parvis Magna: From Humble Beginnings

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 147-179

  8. The Best of All Possible Worlds

    • Marco Carcea
    Pages 181-191

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 193-224
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About this book

This book discusses the challenges faced by the homo resaliens and his need for a transition to a more sustainable social, economic, and environmental system. It fills a gap in the existing literature and provides a new perspective by changing the etymology of the word resilience: no more resiliere, but resalio. By comparing and analysing the relevant literature, the author has coined the term homo resaliens (resilient man), in contrast to the failure of the homo oeconomicus, the corruption of the homo politicus, the incompleteness of homo sustinens, and the limits of homo ecologicus.
 
Opening a new debate in which the role of academia and res publica are fundamental to safeguard human communities and future generations, this book will greatly assist governments that wish to understand the socio-political and economic implication of resilience in terms of social inclusiveness and long termsocial and environmental sustainability.




Authors and Affiliations

  • Comune di Crotone (City Hall of Crotone), Crotone, Australia

    Marco Carcea

About the author

Marco Carcea has a PhD in Human Society from the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.  He is currently  Head of strategic planning in Mayor’s Cabinet at Comune di Crotone, Italy. Previously, he worked as Research Associate in the School of Education and Social Sciences of Swinburne University of Technology and as a Lecturer at the school of Global, Urban and Social Studies of RMIT University, Melbourne. His areas of research interests include Ecological Economics, the application of resilience for human communities, sustainable development, alternative currencies and inclusive democracy.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Road Towards DemocraCity

  • Book Subtitle: A Creative Approach to Transition in a Post-Development Based Society

  • Authors: Marco Carcea

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3505-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3504-5Published: 11 August 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3507-6Published: 12 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3505-2Published: 09 August 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environmental Economics, Urban Studies/Sociology, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Economic Growth

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