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Oversimplification of the concept of social cohesion as a singularly identifiable marker of social growth has lead to obscured understanding of the nuances necessary for achievement of the term's true potential. This book thus provides a critique of a popular concept and an example of engaged philosophical criticism of social research and policy.

1. Introducing the Contexts of a Moral and Political Theory of Care (Petr Urban, Lizzie Ward) -- Part I Exploring Core Concepts -- 2. Democratic Practice and 'Caring to Deliberate': A Gadamerian Account of Conversation and Listening (Sophie Bourgault) -- 3. Democratic Inclusion Through Caring Together with Others (Jorma Heier) -- 4. Why the Publicly Funded Solution is Better Equipped to Provide Democratic Care 'for All' (Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta) -- 5. Rethinking 'Paternalism' for a Democratic Theory of Care (Marion Smiley) -- 6. The Nurturing Vocabulary of Care Ethics and Other Related Feminist Approaches: Opposing Contemporary Neoliberal Politics (Brunella Casalini) -- 7. Is Caring Democracy a Solution against Neoliberalism and Neopopulism? (Fabienne Brugère) -- 8. Time for Caring Democracy: Resisting the Temporal Regimes of Neoliberalism (Julie Anne White) -- Part II Applications in Different Contexts -- 9. Caring Democracy: How Should Concepts Travel? (Joan C. Tronto) -- 10. Cosmopolitanism, Care Ethics and Health Care Worker Migration (Kanchana Mahadevan) -- 11. Understanding the Social Care Crisis in England through Older People's Experiences (Lizzie Ward, Mo Ray, Denise Tanner) -- 12. Women's Experiences of Poverty in Japan: Protection and the State (Yayo Okano, Satomi Maruyama) -- 13. Deficit of Democratic Care in the Education System in Slovakia (Adriana Jesenková) -- 14. Organizing the Caring Society: Towards a Care Ethical Perspective on Institutions (Petr Urban).

Unchaining solidarity, mutual aid and anarchism / Dan Swain, Petr Urban, Catherine Malabou, and Petr Kouba -- Politics of plasticity : cooperation without chains / Catherine Malabou -- Solidarity as necessity : subject, structure, practices / Thomas Telios -- What prevents mutual aid? On trauma and destructive plasticity / Petr Kouba -- The dynamics of plasticity : absolute knowing and sympoiesis / Rasmus Sandnes Haukedal -- Ethics of the care for the brain : neuroplasticity with Stirner, Malabou, and Foucault / Tim Elmo Feiten -- Individuation and anarchy in Gilbert Simondon and Catherine Malabou / Arianne Conty -- The anarchist impulse : a factor of human and non-human nature / Gearóid Brinn and Georgina Butterfield -- Mutual aid armature : plasticity all the way down / Eugene Kuchinov -- Solidarity is not reciprocal altruism / Jonas Faria Costa -- Selfish genes, evil nature : the Christian echoes in neo-atheism / Ole Martin Sandberg -- Plastic encounters : COVID-19 and (de)racialization in Canada / Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa -- Counterpublics of the common : feminist solidarity unchained / Ewa Majewska -- Prefigurative biology : mutual aid, social reproduction and plasticity / Dan Swain.

"This book explores the complex and multi-layered relationships between democracy and play, presenting important new theoretical and empirical research. It builds new paradigmatic bridges between philosophical enquiry and fields of application across the arts, political activism, children's play, education and political science. Play and Democracy addresses four principal themes. Firstly, it explores how the relationship between play and democracy can be conceptualized and how it is mirrored in questions of normativity, ethics and political power. Secondly, it examines different aspects of play in urban spaces, such as activism, aesthetic experience, happenings, political carnivals and performances. Thirdly, it offers examples and analyses of how playful artistic performances can offer democratic resistance to dominant power. And finally, it considers the paradoxes of play in both developing democratic sensibilities and resisting power in education. These themes are explored and interrogated in chapters covering topics such as aesthetic practice, pedagogy, diverse forms of activism, and urban experience, where play and playfulness become arenas in which to create the possibility of democratic practice and change. Adding extra depth to our understanding of the significance of play as a political, cultural and social power, this book is fascinating reading for any serious student or researcher with an interest in play, philosophy, politics, sociology, arts, sport or education"--

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The question of mining under the main haulage level as a way by which in some cases coal reserves can be effectively extracted is still discussed. The paper introduces advantages and disadvantages of this method. It presents examples of the bedding of a seam in a limited depth under level, for example 50 m, when the opening by the under level mining method is obviously more advantageous. Special attention is given to risks of ventilation short circuit which are higher in this method compared to classical opening. The paper also gives a brief economical reflection allowing to determine the efficiency of under level mining.