Why Knowing What To Do Is Not Enough A Realistic Perspective on Self-Reliance

This open access book sets out to explain the reasons for the gap between “knowing” and “doing” in view of self-reliance, which is more and more often expected of citizens. In today’s society, people are expected to take responsibility for their own lives and be self-reliant. This is no easy feat. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keizer, Anne-Greet. author (author), Tiemeijer, Will. author, Bovens, Mark. author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature 2019
Dordrecht : 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Research for Policy, Studies by the Netherlands Council for Government Policy,
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431305406719
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The importance of mental capacity for self-reliance
  • Chapter 2. Self-reliance in everyday life
  • Chapter 3. Determinants of capacity to act
  • Chapter 4. Self-reliance and situational influences
  • Chapter 5. Training and intervention
  • Chapter 6. Mental capacities, self-reliance and policy
  • Bibliography.