Getting the World You Want

What Is Better and How Do We Get There?

William Du Bois, Ph.D.

THE CONVERSATION OF OUR LIVES

Introduction:  What Kind of World Do You Want to Make?

Chapter 1:  It Can Be Better

Chapter 2:  Blaming Ourselves, Blaming Each Other

Chapter 3.  Social Resources Make the Difference

                   Investing in Prevention and the Good Society

Chapter 4:  Knowledge for the People

                   Promoting Safety and Happiness

Chapter 5:  Dueling Visions of the 21st Century

                   Understanding Each Other

THE TOOLS OF CHANGE

Chapter 6:  The Politicians Strike Out

Chapter 7:  Good Business, Bad Business

Chapter 8:  Let's Make a Law

                   What Laws Can Do and What They Can't

Chapter 9:  The Artist's Toolbox: 

                   Creating the Good Society

Chapter 10.  Why Good Things Go Wrong 

Chapter 11.  How Bureaucracy Gets Created in Our Lives

                   Avoiding the Traps Along the Way

SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD

Chapter 12.  The War on Crime and Terrorism

Chapter 13.  What Do We Do About Evil?

                   What Social Scientists Know and YouÕre Not Hearing

Chapter 14.  What Will Keep Us Safe?

Chapter 15.  Healthy Relationships, Healthy Society, Peaceful World

Chapter 16.  Winners and Losers in a Caring Society

Chapter 17.  Common Sense Taxes

                   Who Pays and What Do We Get?

HOW WE CHANGE  THE WORLD

Chapter 18:  Making Your Own Destiny

                   The Magic and Limits of Personal Power

Chapter 19:  The Scripts that We Live

Chapter 20.  Changing the Story -- Dreams Can Come True

Appendix:  What We Can Do to Make a Better World

                   A Summary of Practical Solutions

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