C.L. Skach
How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Rely Less on Rules and More on Each Other
How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Rely Less on Rules and More on Each Other
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Peter Gray, Carlo Rovelli, and Ben Rawlence have written books that emphasize the importance of rules and laws in maintaining peace and order in society. However, C.L. Skach argues that rules and laws are not sufficient and that a good society cannot be imposed from above. She suggests six ideas to help build small societies of our own, such as sharing vegetables from our garden, spending time on a park bench, and being bystanders responsible for each other. These ideas can lead to real, bottom-up change.
Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
When a renowned constitutional scholar explains why the law is not enough and is sometimes even the problem, we need to listen
PETER GRAY, AUTHOR OF FREE TO LEARN
Skach convincingly tells us that laws and rules are not sufficient for living together in peace
CARLO ROVELLI, AUTHOR OF SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS
This book will help you understand the mess we're in while providing a roadmap for a better future
BEN RAWLENCE, AUTHOR OF WE BELIEVE THAT RULES AND LAWS ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT US. THEY ARE WHAT KEEP OUR SOCIETIES FROM DESCENDING INTO CHAOS. WITHOUT THEM, HOW WOULD WE KNOW OUR RIGHT FROM WRONG, LIVE COMFORTABLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO ONE ANOTHER?
C.L. Skach feels differently
She always believed in the strength of the law – she spent her career in some of the most fractured, war-torn corners of the world, reading and writing constitutions to help fix society
But as she sat alone in a sandbagged trailer in Baghdad after a rocket attack, she admitted what she'd been denying for years: a good society cannot be imposed from above
It comes from leaning less on formal rules and more on each other
Skach lays out six ideas, informed by everything from civil wars to civil rights struggles, bystander responsibility to mutual aid in the pandemic, to help us build small societies of our own
These ideas sometimes sound simple: share the vegetables from your garden, spend time on a park bench
But taken together, they can amount to real, bottom-up change
How to Be a Citizen
is a hopeful handbook for a better world – one we can all help build together
Weight: 484g
Dimension: 243 x 163 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526655202
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