| Co-Production is an asset-based approach to social welfare directed to system change and the creation of social capital. It incorporates four core principles:
Assets:
Every human being has the capacity to be a builder and contributor
Redefining Work:
Work must be redefined to include whatever it takes to rear healthy children, make neighborhoods safe and vibrant, and care for the frail and vulnerable.
Reciprocity:
The impulse to give back is universal. Wherever possible,
we must replace one-way acts of largesse in whatever form with two-way transactions.
"You need me" becomes "We need each other."
Social Capital:
Social Networks require ongoing investments of social capital generated by trust, reciprocity and civic engagement. |
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Each of the Four Core Principles takes on a new meaning when viewed from a Social Justice Perspective:
Assets become:
No more throw-away people.
Redefining Work becomes:
No more taking the contribution of women, children, families, immigrants for granted. No more free rides for themarket economy extracted by subordination, discrimination, and exploitation.
Reciprocity becomes:
Stop creating dependencies; stop devaluing those whom you help while you profit from their troubles.
Social Capital becomes:
No more disinvesting in families, neighborhoods and communities. No more economic and social strip-mining
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