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

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,
Subjects:
Public policy.
Behavioral sciences.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Social work.
Public Policy.
Behavioral Sciences.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Social Work.
Political science
Public policy
Behavioral sciences
Personality
Social psychology
Social work
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.

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