How change happens /

Drawing on the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world's largest social justice INGOs, this work tests ideas on 'how change happens' and sets out the latest thinking on how citizens and others can drive progressive change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Green, Duncan
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Social change. Change. Changement (Philosophie) Business and management. Development economics and emerging economies Mod Development economics and emerging economies. Economics, finance, business and management. Economics. Management and management techniques. Political science and theory. Politics and government. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Change Social change lobbyists officials social change political change ngos change agents campaigners activists public services Oxfam Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part I: A power and systems approach. 1. Systems thinking changes everything ; 2. Power lies at the heart of change ; 3. Shifts in social norms often underpin change ; Case study : the Chiquitanos of Bolivia
Part II: Institutions and the importance of history. 4. How states evolve ; 5. The machinery of law ; 6. Accountability, political parties, and the media ; 7. How the international system shapes change ; 8. Transnational corporations as drivers and targets of change ; Case study : the December 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change
Part III: What activists can (and can't) do. 9. Citizen activism and civil society ; 10. Leaders and leadership ; 11. The power of advocacy
Part IV: Pulling it all together. 12. A power and systems approach to making change happen.