Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Volume 3, Transformations in Values, Norms, Cultures: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress [Paperback]

Assesses the achievements of world societies, the trends and dangers, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century.This international panel of social scientists assesses the achievements of world societies, the trends and dangers, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century. It covers the main socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social progress and the diversity of challenges and their interplay around the world.This international panel of social scientists assesses the achievements of world societies, the trends and dangers, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century. It covers the main socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social progress and the diversity of challenges and their interplay around the world.This is the third of three volumes containing a report from the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). The IPSP is an independent association of top research scholars with the goal of assessing methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Written in accessible language by scholars across the social sciences and humanities, these volumes assess the achievements of world societies in past centuries, the current trends, the dangers that we are now facing, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century. It covers the main socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social progress, global as well as regional issues, and the diversity of challenges and their interplay around the world. This particular volume covers topics such as world cultures and religions, families, global health, education, and the contributions of social sciences to institutional change.Introduction to Volume 3; 15. Social progress and cultural change; 16. Religions and social progress: critical assessments and creative partnerships; 17. Pluralization of families; 18. Global health and the changing contours of human life; 19. The contribution of education to social progress; 20. Belonging; 21lch