{"product_id":"radical-help-isbn-9780349009070","title":"Radical Help","description":"\u003cbr\u003eHow should we live: how should we care for one  another; grow our capabilities to work, to learn, to love and fully realize our potential? This exciting and ambitious book shows how we can  re-design the welfare state for this century.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe welfare  state was revolutionary: it lifted thousands out of poverty, provided  decent homes, good education and security.  But it is out of kilter now:  an elaborate and expensive system of managing needs and risks.  Today  we face new challenges.  Our resources have changed.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilary  Cottam takes us through five 'Experiments' to show us a new design.  We  start on a Swindon housing estate where families who have spent years  revolving within our current welfare systems are supported to design  their own way out.  We spend time with young people who are helped to  make new connections - with radical results.  We turn to the question of  good health care and then to the world of work and see what happens  when people are given different tools to make change.  Then we see those  over sixty design a new and affordable system of support. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt  the heart of this way of working is human connection. Upending the  current crisis of managing scarcity, we see instead that our capacities  for the relationships that can make the changes are abundant.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe must work with individuals, families and communities to grow the core capabilities we all need to flourish. \u003ci\u003eRadical Help\u003c\/i\u003e  describes the principles behind the approach, the design process that  makes the work possible and the challenges of transition. It is bold -  and above all, practical.  It is not a book of dreams. It is about  concrete new ways of organizing that already have been developing across  Britain.  Radical Help creates a new vision and a radically different  approach that can take care of us once more, from cradle to grave.","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891641053413,"sku":"NP9780349009070","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_ff1d1d19-9730-4f90-813c-75e65e1ccb02.jpg?v=1773104709","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/radical-help-isbn-9780349009070","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}